Gift of the Richard Welling family, 2012.284.4921 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

One Commercial Plaza

ArtistDrawn by Richard Welling American, 1926 - 2009

Date1984

MediumDrawing; black ink on paper

DimensionsSheet (height x width): 13 5/8 x 10 1/4in. (34.6 x 26cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family

DescriptionDrawing of One Commercial Plaza / 280 Trumbull Street in downtown Hartford, Connecticut. The building is depicted from the intersection of Trumbull and Church Streets. There is a skywalk on the left. Starting above the large pillars that support the first several floors, each of the twenty stories is numbered. People are depicted on the skywalk and the building's steps, and there are automobiles parked on the streets around it. The building is rendered in two-point perspective and the sight lines are included.

Object number2012.284.4921

MarkingsVerso, bottom right, stamped in gray ink: "The Estate of / RICHARD / WELLING" [in box]InscribedRecto, bottom left, handwritten in black ink: "12-1-84- / 10 AM + 50° RAIN / CLOUDY-"

Bottom, handwritten in black ink: "ONE COMMERCIAL PLAZA"

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