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Image Not Available for Southern view of Portersville and Lower Mystic.
Southern view of Portersville and Lower Mystic.
Image Not Available for Southern view of Portersville and Lower Mystic.

Southern view of Portersville and Lower Mystic.

Date1835
MediumDrawing; pencil on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 2 3/4 x 5 1/8in. (7 x 13cm)
Credit LineGift of Houghton Bulkeley
DescriptionView of the Mystic River. A large rocky outcropping is on the left. A church is on the hill at the left and other building line the shore. Several ships are at anchor. A windmill is on the right shore; men in a small skiff are in the foreground.
Object number1953.5.179
NotesSubject Note: Preliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836.
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