Roger Welles Homestead, Newington
DateProbably 1884
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 x 7 1/8in. (10.2 x 18.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 x 7 1/8in. (10.2 x 18.1cm)
Mount (height x width): 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 x 7 1/8in. (10.2 x 18.1cm)
Mount (height x width): 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm)
Credit LineGift of John Gambell
DescriptionA woman is seated in a horse-drawn buggy on a dirt road. Another woman and a dog stand on a grassy lawn in front of brick house with louvered shutters on the first floor, and an overhanging cornice. Vines grow on a fence beside the road and possibly on a crude wooden trellis at the corner of the house. Young trees are in the yard. A large willow tree is in the background.
Object number2005.181.83
InscribedOn recto, in upper margin, in black ink, "The Roger Welles homestead, taken about 1884. Mrs. Welles in the / carriage with 'Kate' the horse; her daughter Grace, later Mrs. Beadle, with / the St. Bernard dog 'Jack' on the lawn. A ginko tree now replaces the huge Babylonian willow , South of the house. / Note by E.S.W. on another copy of photo / R.P.W."On verso, in pencil, "Brick House, Newington, Conn."; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: The Welles homestead is often referred to as the "Brick House" in inscriptions on other family photographs. (Finlay 12/7/2009)
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