Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.162 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society. This image ha…

Mansfield.

ArtistDrawn by John Warner Barber American, 1798 - 1885

Date1835

MediumDrawing; pencil on paper

DimensionsSheet (height x width): 7 1/2 x 10 1/4in. (19 x 26cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Houghton Bulkeley

DescriptionA view of the central part of Mansfield. The large building with the steeple is the Presbyterian Church, identified by Barber as the only Presbyterian Church in Connecticut. Notes indicate a "Virginia Fence" "stone wall[s" a "meadow" and a "cornfield" as well as the "select school" and "[Mr. Storrs house."

Object number1953.5.162

NotesSubject Note: Preliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836.

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