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Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.338 © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Society. This image ha…
Trumbull House, Watertown.
Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.338 © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Society. This image has been edited in Photoshop to enhance the pencil drawing, and make it more visible.

Trumbull House, Watertown.

ArtistDrawn by John Warner Barber American, 1798 - 1885
Date1835
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
DescriptionA saltbox house with a center chimney. A Virginia rail fence is in the foreground. This house was the birthplace of John Trumbull, the author of M'Fingal. Sketches of two church steeples are below the house.
Object number1953.5.338
NotesSubject Note: Preliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836.
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.322 © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    North view of Trumbull House, Watertown.
    John Warner Barber
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    Public buildings, Middletown.
    John Warner Barber
    1836
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    Columbia.
    John Warner Barber
    1835
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    Watertown, North East view.
    John Warner Barber
    1835
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    Lebanon.
    John Warner Barber
    1835
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    Mansfield.
    John Warner Barber
    1835
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    Guilford green, north side.
    John Warner Barber
    1834
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    John Warner Barber
    1836
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    John Warner Barber
    1836
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    Colebrook.
    John Warner Barber
    1835
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