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Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5560 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Williams Octogan House, Portland, Connecticut
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5560 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Williams Octogan House, Portland, Connecticut

ArtistDrawn by Richard Welling American, 1926 - 2009
Date1977
MediumDrawing; black ink on paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 16 1/8 x 22in. (41 x 55.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family
DescriptionDrawing of the Williams Octagon House in Portland, Connecticut, focusing on the decorative flourishes of the building, including the brackets on the front porch columns, the corbels around the second floor roof and the top cupola. The house has trees on either side of it and a chair on the front porch.
Object number2012.284.5560
MarkingsVerso, bottom right, stamped in gray ink: "The Estate of / RICHARD / WELLING" [in box]InscribedRecto, bottom left, handwritten in black ink: "RICHARD WELLING 8/3/77"

Bottom right, handwritten in black ink: "532"

Bottom right, handwritten in pencil: "[right-pointing arrow]|"

Verso, bottom left, handwritten in pencil: "65%"
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