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Museum purchase, 1945.2.0  Photograph by David Stansbury  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Soc…
View of Norwich
Museum purchase, 1945.2.0 Photograph by David Stansbury © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

View of Norwich

Dateabout 1840
MediumPainting; oil on pine panel in wood frame
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (panel height x width ): 9 x 16 1/4in. (22.9 x 41.3cm)
Frame (height x width x depth): 13 x 20 x 3/4in. (33 x 50.8 x 1.9cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionView looking up the Thames River north towards Norwich, showing churches, public buildings and waterfront. A small sailing ship and a small steamboat are in the river in the foreground.
Object number1945.2.0
MarkingsOn verso, on gummed label, in pencil, "View of Norwich" / typed in black ink, "Connecticut Historical Society / 1 Elizabeth Street / Hartford, Conn." / in blue ink, "#12"

On second gummed label, typed in black ink, "THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY / 'View of Norwich' - oil on wooden panel / Artist unknown / Acc. No. 2285"
InscribedOn back of frame, upper left, in red paint, "2285"NotesDate Note: The view is similar to an 1835-1836 view by John Warner Barber, but is taken from a closer viewpoint and includes some additional buildings, such as the large warehouse at the right.
On View
Not on view
Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.217  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
John Warner Barber
1835
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2005.120.0  Photograph by David Stansbury  © 2013 The Con…
John Wells Stancliff
Probably 1870s or 1880s
Museum purchase, 1994.109.0  Photograph by David Stansbury © 2012 The Connecticut Historical So…
Sibyl Huntington
about 1758
Gift of Mrs. Houghton Bulkeley, 1967.56.2  Photograph by David Stansbury  © 2013 The Connecticu…
William Gedney Bunce
about 1910
Museum purchase, 1980.102.2  © 2003 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Beers, Ellis & Soule
1868
Gift of the Heirs of Morgan B. Brainard, 1960.93.4  Photograph by David Stansbury  © 2013 The C…
George Francis
before 1834
Gift of Mary W. Edwards, 1984.42.13a, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
William Gedney Bunce
Gift of Eleanor Wyllys Allen, 1972.7.0, Connecticut Historical Society
Wyllys family
1720