The City of Hartford Arriving from New York at the Foot of State Street in 1870
Date1993
MediumLithography; ink on paper in frame
DimensionsFrame (height x width x depth): 31 1/2 × 42 × 2 1/4in. (80 × 106.7 × 5.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of John Stobart
DescriptionPrint after an oil painting by John Stobart, depicting the steamer City of Hartford arriving at State Street in Hartford in the moonlight. Riverfront buildings are in the left and right foreground. The foot of State Street and the steamer landing are in the middle foreground. In the river are, from left to right, the steamer, a moored schooner, and a steam tug. The East Hartford shore is in the background. A full moon with highlighted clouds are at the upper right.
Object number1994.7.0
InscribedRecto, top, printed in black ink: "Published by Maritime Heritage Prints, in a limited signed edition of 950 (100 remarqued) from the original painting. Print copyright © 1993."Recto, along bottom of image, printed in black ink, left to right: "West India Storehouse," "Chapin & Burr, Coal Merchants," ""City of Hartford,"" "Connecticut River," "Foot of State Street," "East Hartford," "Steamboat Terminal," "Cornelius Hayes Saloon," "P. Wilson, Liquors"NotesProcess note: "John Stobart's painting, "A View of the City of Hartford arriving from New York," was researched completely through the mail and telephone conversations with Stephen Rice, the Society's Assistant Curator for Prints and Photographs. This case includes correspondence, thumbnail sketches and photocopies that help illustrate the process the artist and curator went through to arrive at a recreated scene.
Mr. Stobart initiated the process with a phone call to the Print Room staff. He had a rough idea of the image that he wanted to portray and already knew the approximate layout of State St. and the waterfront from research done for a Hartford scene he painted [in] 1980. He then sent several thumbnail sketches to aid in researching the specifics of the image.
Mr. Rice sent photocopies of photographs, prints and drawings from the archives to Mr. Stobart. From these, the artist made ever more detailed inquiries. The painting itself took a surprisingly short time to complete. The paint was hardly dry when it was reproduced as a limited edition of 950 prints. Fifty of those prints were countersigned by Governor Lowell P. Weicker, Jr, including this copy."
On View
Not on view
Rand Avery Supply Co.
about 1900
1892-1900
