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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Toce,1998.82.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known…
Bulkeley Bridge, Hartford
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Toce,1998.82.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

Bulkeley Bridge, Hartford

Date1930-1940
MediumPainting; painted glass with applied mother-of-pearl fragments in frame
DimensionsFrame (height x width): 27 × 41in. (68.6 × 104.1cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Joseph and Marjorie Toce
DescriptionFramed reverse painting on glass depicting the Bulkeley Bridge over the Connecticut River in Hartford, seen from a low aerial perspective. The sky is shown in broad bands of pastel blue, pink, and yellow, and the bridge is painted in acid greens and blacks, with the stones of the bridge in mother-of-pearl.

This painting and the reverse painting on glass depicting Bushnell Park and the Capitol building (1998.82.1) were hung in the Veeder Root Building in Hartford.
Object number1998.82.2
On View
Not on view