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Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5642  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Wrecks--Wiscasset
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5642 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Wrecks--Wiscasset

ArtistDrawn by Richard Welling American, 1926 - 2009
Dateprobably 1974
MediumDrawing; black ink on paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 13 3/4 x 21 1/2in. (34.9 x 54.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family
DescriptionDrawing of two derelict ships, the schooners Hesper and Luther Little, aground in the Sheepscot River in Wiscasset, Maine.
Object number2012.284.5642
MarkingsVerso of sheet a, bottom right, stamped in gray ink: "The Estate of / RICHARD / WELLING" [in box]

Yellow sticky note, handwritten black ink: "Done during / summer drawing / trip to Maine / w. Debby (74?)"
InscribedRecto, bottom right, handwritten in black ink: "WRECKS--WISCASSET"NotesDate Note: According to the sticky note adhered to the verso of the drawing, the drawing was probably made in Maine in 1974.
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Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5643  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Richard Welling
probably 1974
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5414  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Richard Welling
probably 1974
Gift of Mildred Jean Pond, 2009.225.3  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
early 20th century
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5739 © 2015 The Connecticut Historical Society
Richard Welling
1990
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5749 © 2015 The Connecticut Historical Society
Richard Welling
probably 1990
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5636  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Richard Welling
about 1975
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 1996.89.0  Photograph by David Stansbury  © 2013 The Conn…
Jurgan Frederick Huge
1865-1870
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5835  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Richard Welling
probably 1990