Museum purchase, 1959.111.8, Connecticut Historical Society, public domain

Salmon Brook

ArtistDrawn by Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten Dutch-American, 1829 - 1904

PrintmakerEngraved by Charles Maurand French, active 1863 - 1881

Date1873

MediumWood engraving; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 10 5/8 x 8 1/16in. (27 x 20.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 15 1/8 x 9 15/16in. (38.4 x 25.2cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionTrees and bushes grow beside a stream. A large wading bird, evidently a heron, stands on a sand bar at the left.

Object number1959.111.8

InscribedOn recto, lower center, beneath image, printed in black ink, "SALMON BROOK."; lower right, in pencil, "2--"; lower right, in pencil, "16-0 / matted"; lengthy text on recto and verso printed in black ink

On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesDate Note: The wood engraving was removed from an 1873 issue of The Aldine.

Medium Note: Hand-coloring is not original.

Subject Note: Salmon Brook is located in northern Hartford County, in Granby and East Granby. It flows into the Farmington River. Both salmon and shad were found in the stream until about 1740.

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