Sunday Afternoon, Looking East from i-84
ArtistDrawn by
Richard Welling
American, 1926 - 2009
Date1976
MediumDrawing; black and colored inks on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 10 1/4 x 44 1/8in. (26 x 112.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 1/4 x 44 1/8in. (26 x 112.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 1/4 x 44 1/8in. (26 x 112.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family
DescriptionPanoramic drawing of Hartford, Connecticut, made from Interstate 84. The buildings depicted include, from left to right, State House Square, the Sheraton Hotel (now the Hilton), the Parkview Hilton, Hartford-Aetna Bank, Connecticut National Bank, One Financial Plaza, the YMCA, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Travelers Tower, and Bushnell Tower. Bushnell Park is in the foreground and there are railroad tracks on the left.
Object number2012.284.4986
MarkingsVerso, bottom left or right corner of all four sheets, stamped in gray ink: "The Estate of / RICHARD / WELLING" [in box]InscribedRecto, bottom left of sheet b, handwritten in black ink: "9/6/76"Bottom of sheet c, handwritten in black ink: "SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LOOKING EAST FROM I-84-8/22/76 (SUNDAY)" ["(SUNDAY)" in pencil]
Subject Terms
- Hartford (Conn.)
- State House Square (Hartford, Conn.)
- Hotels
- Hartford Civic Center (Hartford, Conn.)
- Hartford-Aetna Bank Building (Hartford, Conn.)
- Connecticut National Bank (Hartford, Conn.)
- One Financial Plaza (Hartford, Conn.)
- YMCA
- Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch (Hartford, Conn.)
- Travelers Tower (Hartford, Conn.)
- Bushnell Park
- Bushnell Tower (Hartford, Conn.)
- Railroads Track
- Drawings
- Graphics Cataloging
- Richard Welling Collection
- Hartford
Collections
- Richard Welling Collection
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