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Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5639  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Battery Fire Boat
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5639 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Battery Fire Boat

ArtistDrawn by Richard Welling American, 1926 - 2009
Date1968
MediumDrawing; black ink on paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 18 x 23 3/4in. (45.7 x 60.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family
DescriptionDrawing of the H. Sylvia A.H.G. Wilks, a fireboat in service with the Fire Department of the City of New York, in front of a building. The Statue of Liberty is in the background on the right.
Object number2012.284.5639
MarkingsVerso, bottom right, stamped in gray ink: "The Estate of / RICHARD / WELLING" [in box]InscribedRecto, bottom right, handwritten in black ink: "BATTERY / FIRE BOAT / 4/6/68"
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Richard Welling
1974-1975
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Richard Welling
after 1972
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Richard Welling
1983-1987
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Richard Welling
after 1966
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Richard Welling
1978-1990
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Richard Welling
1965-2009
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Richard Welling
1976
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Richard Welling
1965-2009
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Richard Welling
1972