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Panorama of Hartford Buildings

ArtistDrawn by Richard Welling American, 1926 - 2009

Date1984

MediumDrawing; black ink on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 46 1/8 x 13 5/8in. (117.2 x 34.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 46 1/8 x 13 5/8in. (117.2 x 34.6cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family

DescriptionPanorama drawing of buildings in downtown Hartford, Connecticut. From left to right, the buildings depicted include the Southern New England Telephone Company Building, the SBC Building (now the AT&T Building), City Place under construction, 280 Trumbull Street under construction, One Corporate Center (the "Stilts Building"), One Financial Plaza with the edge of the Connecticut National Bank behind it and the Hartford-Aetna Bank Building behind that, the Old State House, the Hartford-Connecticut Trust Company Building, Travelers Insurance Company Building, One State Street, the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company Building, and Travelers Tower. Other, unidentified buildings are also pictured. Automobiles and buses are shown on city streets, in parking garages and parking lots, and pedestrians are pictured on the sidewalks.

Object number2012.284.4979

MarkingsVerso of sheets a and c, bottom right, stamped in gray ink: "The Estate of / RICHARD / WELLING" [in box]NotesDate Note: The date is based on the year 280 Trumbull Street was constructed.

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