Orange Judd Hall of Natural Science, Weslyen University, Middletown, Ct.
Date1870
MediumWood engraving; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 10 7/8 x 17 5/8in. (27.6 x 44.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 12 x 18 7/8in. (30.5 x 47.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 12 x 18 7/8in. (30.5 x 47.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionAt teft, a large Second Empire style stone building has a high basement, a mansard roof with dormer windows, and a porch supported on paired Ionic columns. A row of chimneys is on the roof. A sign on the building reads "ORANGE / JUDD / HALL / OF / NATURAL / SCIENCE / ERECTED / AD 1870". Several men stand around the building and on the monumental staircase leading to its entrance. Floor plans of the basement, first story, second, story, third story, and fourth story are at the right, above and beside a lengthy letterpress text describing the building.
Object number1970.58.89
InscribedOn recto, lower left, beneath main image, printed in black ink, "ORANGE JUDD HALL OF NATURAL SCIENCE. / Wesleyan University, Middletown, Ct."On verso, lower left, in pencil, Right side text - Neg. #1996 Left side (image) Neg #1995"; lower center, in pencil, old and new accession numbers
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