Judge Ellsworth House, Windsor.
ArtistDrawn by
John Warner Barber
American, 1798 - 1885
Date1835
MediumDrawing; pencil on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 7/8 x 10 5/8in. (20 x 27cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Houghton Bulkeley
DescriptionView of the Oliver Ellsworth Homestead on Palisado Avenue (Rt. 159) in Windsor. The house is a large two-story house, with a projecting front porch and a recessed porch supported by two tall columns at the side. In front is a "picket fence." "Pear trees" are on either side; the tall trees on the left are "elms set out by [Oliver Ellsworth]." Other notes read: "cedar oldest know tree" and "narrow escape very near spot."
Object number1953.5.292
Markings.InscribedDwellings; Fences; Trees; Pear; Elm; Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807NotesSubject Note: Preliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836.
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