Columbia.
ArtistDrawn by
John Warner Barber
American, 1798 - 1885
Date1835
MediumDrawing; pencil on paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 7 7/8 x 11in. (20 x 28cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Houghton Bulkeley
DescriptionTwo sketches of the central part of Columbia. The Congregational Church is in the center of the lower composition with a gambrel-roofed "Red school house," a cluster of buildings and two large tavern signs to the left. To the right, Barber identifies a house as "Wheelock School," also known as "Moor's Indian Charity School," where Dr. Eleazer Wheelock taught Native American boys from 1741 to 1770. Sampson Occum was among his students. In 1770, Mr. Wheelock moved the school to Hanover, N.H
Object number1953.5.52
NotesSubject Note: Preliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836.On View
Not on view
