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Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5922  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
William H. Hall High School, West Hartford, Connecticut
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5922 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

William H. Hall High School, West Hartford, Connecticut

ArtistDrawn by Richard Welling American, 1926 - 2009
Date1994
MediumDrawings; black ink on paper Photocopies; black toner on paper Digital print; color toner on paper Serigraphy; black printer's ink on paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 18 1/8 x 23 7/8in. (46 x 60.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family
DescriptionRepresentations of William H. Hall High School, including drawings, photocopies of drawings, and a photocopy of a photograph. There is also a copy of a photograph that depicts the building as the Town Hall Auditorium.
Object number2012.284.5920-.5925
MarkingsVersos, stamped in gray ink: "The Estate of / RICHARD / WELLING" [in box]Inscribed2012.284.5920, top right, handwritten in pencil: "A.L.L. 6-8-94 / WED [underlined]"

2012.284.5923, recto, left edge, handwritten in pencil: "12x16"

Left edge, handwritteni n black ink: "6-8-94-PM-WED- 6-9-THURS-AM - 6-10 FRI AM-"

Bottom right, handwritten in pencil: "ENLARGE - 112%"

2012.284.5922 is a photocopy of .5923 and has the same inscriptions.

2012.284.5925, right side, printed in black ink: "RICHARD WELLING . 8.94.P"

Bottom right, handwritten in pencil: "REDUCE - 92%"

2012.284.5924 is a photocopy of .5925 and has the same inscriptions.
NotesSubject Note: At the time the images were made, the building was the West Hartford Town Hall. It appears that Welling changed the name in order to represent Hall High School, from which he graduated in the 1940s.
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