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Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.275 © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Society. This image ha…
Watertown, North East view.
Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.275 © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Society. This image has been edited in Photoshop to enhance the pencil drawing, and make it more visible.

Watertown, North East view.

ArtistDrawn by John Warner Barber American, 1798 - 1885
Date1835
MediumDrawing; pencil on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 1/16 x 9 13/16in. (18 x 25cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Houghton Bulkeley
DescriptionIn the foreground a stone wall toped with a picket fence and shaded by a row of "elm" trees lines a "road." In the middle distance a field of "corn" is enclosed with a "Virginia" fence and a small waterway crosses the field on the right. The Congregational and Episcopal Churches in the center surrounded by a cluster of houses. Barber notes an "orchard" and a grove of "oak" trees.
Object number1953.5.275
NotesSubject Note: Preliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836.
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