Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.275 © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Society. This image ha…

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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