Judges' Cave, New Haven, Connecticut
PainterPainted by
Robert R. Wiseman
American, born 1836
Date1896-1902
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in black-painted wood frame
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (stretcher height x width): 18 x 24in. (45.7 x 61cm)
Frame (height x width x depth): 20 3/4 x 27 x 1 1/4in. (52.7 x 68.6 x 3.2cm)
Frame (height x width x depth): 20 3/4 x 27 x 1 1/4in. (52.7 x 68.6 x 3.2cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Samuel Colt
DescriptionView of a large cleft rock. At right are two small bare trees. Additional boulders surround the so-called cave. A bronze tablet is on the large rock on the right. A rocky outcropping and grass are in the foreground.
Object number1902.1.1
MarkingsOn back of stretcher, on gummed label, typed in black ink, "THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY / 'JUDGES' CAVE - NEW HAVEN' - oil on / canvas / Attr: Robert W. [sic] Wiseman / Acc. No. 1902-1-1"InscribedOn back of canvas, in red paint, "70"NotesSubject Note: Judge's Cave is not a cave today, but actually a cleft in the rocks, located on West Rock in New Haven. A bronze tablet, erected by the Connecticut Society of Colonial Wars, records the fact that in 1661 and 1664 Colonels Goffe and Whalley, two of the regicide judges, were reputed to have found temporary refuge from the officers of King Charles.
Date Note: The bronze tablet on the rock is dated 1896; the painting was given to the Connecticut Historical Society by Elizabeth Colt in 1902. It must have been executed between those two dates.
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Robert R. Wiseman
1890-1910
1846
