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Gift of Renie Steele, 2000.53.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright undetermi…
Hartford circus tent before the fire
Gift of Renie Steele, 2000.53.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright undetermined

Hartford circus tent before the fire

Date1949
MediumPainting; oil on canvas board
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 12 × 16in. (30.5 × 40.6cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Renie Steele
DescriptionLandscape painting by Meta Lacey showing two circus tents in a field with hills in the background and a tree in the foreground on the left.
Object number2000.53.1
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on cardboard: "Painting of the Hartford, Circus Tent before the fire / Painted by Meta Lacey / from New Britain, CT 1949"
On View
Not on view
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