The Hempsted House: A Seventeenth Century Classic
ArtistDrawn by
Richard Welling
American, 1926 - 2009
Date1976
MediumDrawing; black ink on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 16 x 22in. (40.6 x 55.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 16 x 22in. (40.6 x 55.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 16 x 22in. (40.6 x 55.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family
DescriptionDrawing of the Hempsted House in New London, Connecticut. The house is depicted from an angle, with the front and part of the left side visible. There are two trees in front of the house.
Object number2012.284.5400
MarkingsVerso, bottom right, stamped in gray ink: "The Estate of / RICHARD / WELLING" [in box]InscribedRecto, bottom right, handwritten in black ink: "WELLING / 3/6/76"Bottom left, handwritten in pencil: "[vertical line, left-pointing arrow] 9 1/2 [horizontal line]"
Bottom right, handwritten in pencil: "P. 36"
Bottom right, handwritten in pencil: "[right-pointing arrow, vertical line]"
Verso, bottom, handwritten in pencil: "Hempsted House from Hist. CT. Houses"NotesSubject Note: A reproduction of this drawing appears in Richard Welling's Historic Connecticut Houses.
Collections
- Richard Welling Collection
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