Hartford Buildings
ArtistDrawn by
Richard Welling
American, 1926 - 2009
Date1987
MediumDrawing; black ink on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 19 1/4 x 26 1/4in. (48.9 x 66.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 19 1/4 x 26 1/4in. (48.9 x 66.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 19 1/4 x 26 1/4in. (48.9 x 66.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family
DescriptionDrawing of downtown Hartford, Connecticut, with Interstate 91 in the foreground. In the center is a building that was planned but never built (possibly 180 Allyn Street). From left to right, the buildings depicted include Bushnell Tower and Bushnell on the Park, Travelers Tower, One Financial Plaza, City Place, Connecticut National Bank, Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company Building (in the foreground), the Old State House, Hartford-Aetna Bank Building, State House Square, and One State Street. Other unidentified buildings are also depicted.
Object number2012.284.4998
MarkingsVerso, bottom left, stamped in gray ink: "The Estate of / RICHARD / WELLING" [in box]InscribedRecto, bottom left, handwritten in black ink: "7-8-87 WEDNESDAY / FROM PHOTO/WITH MODEL OF BLDG."Recto of addition, top right, handwritten in black ink: "6" [circled]
Subject Terms
- Hartford (Conn.)
- Buildings
- Bushnell Tower (Hartford, Conn.)
- Travelers Tower (Hartford, Conn.)
- One Financial Plaza (Hartford, Conn.)
- Connecticut National Bank (Hartford, Conn.)
- Phoenix Life Insurance Company Building (Hartford, Conn.)
- Old State House (Hartford, Conn.)
- State House Square (Hartford, Conn.)
- One State Street (Hartford, Conn.)
- City Place (Hartford, Conn.)
- Highways
- Automobiles
- Drawings
- Graphics Cataloging
- Richard Welling Collection
- Hartford
Collections
- Richard Welling Collection
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