Hartford Train Station
ArtistPainted by
Unknown
Dateafter 1843
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in gilt wood frame
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (stretcher height x width): 19 3/4 x 30in. (50.2 x 76.2cm)
Frame (height x width x depth): 24 1/4 x 34 1/4 x 1 7/8in. (61.6 x 87 x 4.8cm)
Frame (height x width x depth): 24 1/4 x 34 1/4 x 1 7/8in. (61.6 x 87 x 4.8cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Joan Morris in memory of her husband Vincent E. Morris
DescriptionA steam locomotive is emerging from between the two towers of a Romanesque revival style railroad station. Men and women and a stage coach are on the road at the right. Trees are at the far right. A large house is behind a fence on a grassy bank in the left background.
Object number1994.249.0
InscribedOn back of frame, upper right, in red paint, "1994-249-0"NotesSubject Note: The painting shows the first Union Station, erected in 1843. It is on the same site as the present (2014) building, erected in 1889.Subject Terms
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