Putnam Hill, Greenwich.
ArtistDrawn by
John Warner Barber
American, 1798 - 1885
Date1834
MediumDrawing; pencil on paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 7 1/2 x 7 7/8in. (19 x 20cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Houghton Bulkeley
DescriptionAt the right, a road leads across a causeway up a steep hill. A stagecoach is roughly indicated. At the top of the hill, a saltbox house and its outbuildings sit among trees. The slopes of the hill are rocky with scattered trees. In the foreground, a man sketching, possibly a self-portrait of the artist is roughly indicated, seated on a rock in front of a stone wall
Object number1953.5.112
NotesSubject Note: In 1779, General Israel Putnam descended this hill on horseback in order to escape the British troops. Preliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836.Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
