Museum purchase, 1990.99.23 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society

The Charted Oak Building, Hartford, Connecticut

ArtistDrawn by Roswell Morse Shurtleff 1838 - 1915

PrintmakerEngraved by Edmund N. Tarbell American, 1831 - 1916

Date1872

MediumWood engraving; printer's ink on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 1/8 x 7 1/8in. (28.3 x 18.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 15 15/16 x 10 5/8in. (40.5 x 27cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionA six-story stone office building in the Second Empire style is located on a street corner. A sign over the entrance reads "Charter Oak Life Ins. C[o.]" A woman stands in the window to the right of the sign. Other women and men walk on the paved sidewalks in front of the building. A horse-drawn trolley in the street has signs that read "SPRING GROVE & CITY GARDEN" and "H. & W. H. R. R." A horse-drawn carriage is on the side street.

Object number1990.99.23

InscribedOn recto, beneath image, printed in black ink, "THE CHARTER OAK BUILDING, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT."; upper center, printed in black ink, "THE ALDINE." Extensive letterpress text surrounds image.

On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number

NotesDate Note: The wood engraving was published in Volume 4 of The Aldine in 1872.

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