Sketchbook
ArtistDrawn by
Richard Welling
American, 1926 - 2009
Original OwnerOriginally owned by
Richard Welling
American, 1926 - 2009
Date1975-1976
MediumDrawing; black and colored inks on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 13 3/4 x 10 3/4in. (34.9 x 27.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 13 3/4 x 10 3/4in. (34.9 x 27.3cm)
Other (book height x width x depth): 14 x 11 x 1/2in. (35.6 x 27.9 x 1.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 13 3/4 x 10 3/4in. (34.9 x 27.3cm)
Other (book height x width x depth): 14 x 11 x 1/2in. (35.6 x 27.9 x 1.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family
DescriptionSketchbook consisting of 142 pages of drawings, including depictions of automobiles, motorcycles, railroad trains, helicopters, construction machinery, and military aircraft; a house in Newport, Rhode Island and several houses in an unidentified location; the Heublein Hotel, Wadsworth Atheneum, Civic Center Mall, and the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford, Connecticut, and Farmington Episcopal Church; the removal of the Isle of Safety from State and Main Streets to Asylum and Trumbull Streets in Hartford; a church in New York City; and trees and plants. On the last page is a list of buildings in Hartford and Farmington, Connecticut.
Object number2014.68.5
CopyrightIn copyright until 2079. Copyright held by Debrah Welling and Lisa Riss Welling.
InscribedRecto, page 1, top left, handwritten in black ink: "RICHARD WELLING / 17 HAYNES ST / HARTFORD, CONN / 525-8561"Many of the sketches are dated and labeled with the location or a brief title/description
Subject Terms
- Hartford (Conn.)
- Machinery
- Construction equipment
- Airplanes
- Helicopters
- Automobiles
- Railroads Trains
- Trees
- Plants
- Heublein Hotel (Hartford, Conn.)
- Wadsworth Atheneum (Hartford, Conn.)
- Hartford Civic Center (Hartford, Conn.)
- Isle of Safety (Hartford, Conn.)
- Connecticut National Bank (Hartford, Conn.)
- Church buildings
- Dwellings
- Rhode Island
- New York (N.Y.)
- Amtrak
- Drawings
- Sketchbooks
- Graphics Cataloging
- Welling Collection
- Hartford
- Newport
- New York City
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