Hartford Bridge
ArtistDrawn by
John Warner Barber
American, 1798 - 1885
Date1835
MediumDrawing; pencil and ink on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 6 11/16 x 9 1/16in. (17 x 23cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Houghton Bulkeley
DescriptionView looking west (upstream) at the Stone Bridge on Main Street, crossing the Park River. The bridge was constructed in 1834. Industrial buildings on the left are located on Sheldon Street; buildings on the right are located on Arch Street. A figure of a man sketching in the left foreground is probably a self portrait of the artist. A man in a rowboat appears in the right foreground, near a whimsical group of fish, an eel and other aquatic creatures clustered around a many-pronged hook. A rectangle in the center of the drawing indicated the portion of the design to be included in the final composition published in Barber's Historical Collection's of Connecticut.
Object number1953.5.135
NotesSubject Note: Preliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836.On View
Not on view
William G. Dudley
1916-1917
