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Image Not Available for Eastern view of Old Well (South Norwalk)
Eastern view of Old Well (South Norwalk)
Image Not Available for Eastern view of Old Well (South Norwalk)

Eastern view of Old Well (South Norwalk)

ArtistDrawn by John Warner Barber American, 1798 - 1885
Dateprobably 1836
MediumDrawing; ink on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 3 9/16 x 5 1/8in. (9 x 13cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Houghton Bulkeley
DescriptionView of Old Well from the far side of the Norwalk River. Houses and industrial buildings line the shore. A steamboat and a sailing vessel are at the right. Smoke issues from the smokestack of the steamboat and from the chimney of a pottery in the middle of the composition. Two men with a boat are in the foreground.
Object number1953.5.211
NotesSubject Note: Preliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836.
Subject Terms
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