Gift of the Richard Welling family, 2012.284.4887 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Mobile Home and Hotel on Union Place, Hartford

ArtistDrawn by Richard Welling American, 1926 - 2009

Dateafter 1972

MediumDrawing; black ink on paper

DimensionsSheet (height x width): 11 7/8 x 14 3/8in. (30.2 x 36.5cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family

DescriptionDrawing of what is probably the back of a hotel at the corner of Union Place and Asylum Street in Hartford, Connecticut. In the foreground is a mobile home, with another building in the mid-ground. The mobile home and middle building both have awnings, and the middle building also has arched entryways.

Object number2012.284.4887

MarkingsVerso, bottom right, stamped in gray ink: "The Estate of / RICHARD / WELLING" [in box]NotesDate Note: The Polaroid SX-70, which is the camera Welling used, was manufactured from 1972-1981.

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