Fenwick Monument, Saybrook.
ArtistDrawn by
John Warner Barber
American, 1798 - 1885
Date1834
MediumDrawing; pencil on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 6 5/16 x 7 7/8in. (16 x 20cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Houghton Bulkeley
DescriptionView of Lady Fenwick's Monument on Saybrook Point at the mountain at the mouth of the Connecticut River. The monument is in the foreground. In the right background, is a high dune or bluff, labeled by Barber "perhaps 30 or 40 rods distant from monument." At the left, beyond a "salt meadow" and a "cornfield" is a row of houses. Several ships are at anchor off the point.
Object number1953.5.235
NotesSubject Note: Preliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836.On View
Not on view
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