Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5492 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Center Church

ArtistDrawn by Richard Welling American, 1926 - 2009

Date1971

MediumDrawing; black ink on paper

DimensionsSheet (height x width): 19 3/4 x 15in. (50.2 x 38.1cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family

DescriptionDrawing of Center Church in downtown Hartford, Connecticut, from street level. People are depicted standing outside the church on its front steps and the sidewalk. Other buildings are visible on the right.

Object number2012.284.5492

MarkingsVerso, bottom right, stamped in gray ink: "The Estate of / RICHARD / WELLING" [in box]InscribedRecto, right edge, handwritten in pencil: "|[left-pointing arrow, horizontal line] 10 1/2" [horizontal line, right-pointing arrow]|"

Bottom right, handwritten in black ink: "5/17/71"

Bottom right, handwritten in pencil: "-22 55"

Verso, bottom left, handwritten in pencil: "used for a print"

Bottom center, handwritten in pencil: "55"

Bottom center, handwritten in pencil and crossed out: "52 1/2"

Bottom right, handwritten in pencil: "Hartford Sketch Book"NotesSubject Note: This drawing was reproduced in Richard Welling's Hartford Sketchbook.

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