Beckley Elm, Beckley Quarters.
PhotographerPhotographed by
Frederick S. Brown
1822 - 1892
Date1885-1890
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 18 1/8 x 21 3/4in. (46 x 55.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 18 1/8 x 21 3/4in. (46 x 55.2cm)
Mount (height x width): 20 x 27 1/2in. (50.8 x 69.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 18 1/8 x 21 3/4in. (46 x 55.2cm)
Mount (height x width): 20 x 27 1/2in. (50.8 x 69.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of John Howard Morse
DescriptionA large elm tree stands beside a frame house with some broken windows. A horse stands beside an outbuilding, presumably a barn, behind the house. A rail fence is at the left; a large tree limb lies on the ground in front of it. Additional trees are at right and left and in the background.
Object number1939.16.21
InscribedOn verso, upper left, in black ink, "539"; i black ink, "Beckley Elm, Beckley Quarters / Wetherfield, Conn. / See companion picture with our / account of 'Beckley Quarters'"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Although the photographer gives the location as Wethersfield, Beckley Quarter is actually located in the town of Berlin. Berlin was incorporated from parts of Farmington, Middletown, and Wethersfield in 1785. (Finlay 9/12/2011)On View
Not on view
Frederick S. Brown
1886
