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Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5556  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Bass Harbor Head Light, Maine
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5556 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Bass Harbor Head Light, Maine

ArtistDrawn by Richard Welling American, 1926 - 2009
Date1965-2009
MediumDrawing; black ink on paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 17 1/8 x 20 7/8in. (43.5 x 53cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family
DescriptionDrawing of the Bass Harbor Head Light lighthouse on Mount Desert Island in Tremont, Maine. The lighthouse is pictured next to the lighthouse keeper's house, both of which are perched on arocky cliff, which is in the foreground.
Object number2012.284.5556
MarkingsVerso, bottom left, stamped in gray ink: "The Estate of / RICHARD / WELLING" [in box]
Collections
  • Richard Welling Collection
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Not on view
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5416  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Richard Welling
probably 1974
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5428  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Richard Welling
probably 1974
Gift of Diana Lucas, 2010.160.34, Connecticut Historical Society, in copyright. Copyright held …
Peter Lucas
mid 20th century
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.6814a  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Richard Welling
probably 1972
Gift of the Charleston Library Society, 1995.205.4  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
United States Coast Survey
1848
Museum purchase, 1961.105.1  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
United States Coast Survey
1846
Gift of Gerard and Sylvie O’Brien, 2023.67.55, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collec…
Underwood & Underwood
c. 1920-1940
Gift of Gerard and Sylvie O’Brien, 2023.67.77, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collec…
Underwood & Underwood
c. 1920-1940