Site of the Revolutionary Foundry, Salisbury, Connecticut
PrintmakerEngraved by
S. E. Brown
active 1854
Date1854
MediumWood-engraving; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 5 3/4 x 9 1/2in. (14.6 x 24.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 1/2 x 10 1/2in. (19.1 x 26.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 1/2 x 10 1/2in. (19.1 x 26.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of John Crockett
DescriptionA man stands beside a stone wall looking at a complex of industrial buildings including a mill with an overshot waterwheel. A bell and a flagpole or lightning rod are on the roof of a building with a brick basement. Wagon wheels and lumber are beside a small frame building at the right. A leafless tree is beside what may be a pile of slag.
Object number2008.72.5
InscribedOn recto, beneath image, in letterpress, "SITE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY FOUNDRY, SALISBURY, CONNECTICUT." Letterpress text of article appears in upper margin and on verso.On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number.
Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
Edward Williams Clay
before 1838
Frederick S. Brown
1886
