The Old Stone House in Guilford
ArtistDrawn by
Myron B. Benton
American, 1834 - 1902
PrintmakerEngraved by
Fitz Edwin Jones
American
Date1863
MediumEngraving; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 1/4 x 5 3/4in. (10.8 x 14.6cm)
Platemark (height x width): 5 1/2 x 6 3/4in. (14 x 17.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 6 3/4 x 10 1/8in. (17.1 x 25.7cm)
Platemark (height x width): 5 1/2 x 6 3/4in. (14 x 17.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 6 3/4 x 10 1/8in. (17.1 x 25.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of John Crockett
DescriptionA massive stone house with a massive stone chimney at either end is surrounded by a board fence. A field is in the foreground. A man and a woman walk beside the fence. A ladder leans against a shed at the left. Trees are at the right.
Object number2008.72.4
InscribedOn recto, beneath image, inscribed in plate, "'THE OLD STONE HOUSE,' GUILFORD, CONNECTICUT / BUILT 1639 / THE OLDEST HOUSE IN THE UNITED STATES."On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesObject Note: F.E. Jones's engraving of Myron B. Benton's drawing of the Henry Whitfield House in Guilford accompanied Benton's article on the Old Stone House, which appeared in The Ladies Repository in 1863.
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