The City National Bank of Hartford

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

Date1865-1867

MediumLithography; printer's ink on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 6 1/4 x 9 13/16in. (15.9 x 24.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 6 3/4 x 12 5/8in. (17.1 x 32.1cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of the Watkinson Library of Reference

DescriptionStock certificate with an image of the Wadsworth Atheneum, a Gothic revival art museum with square towers and crenelations, at the upper center beneath the title. The Connecticut State Seal, with three grapevines on a shield, is at the upper left. A vignette of a stag standing beneath a tree is at the lower center. Most of the certificate is taken up with text. Text and images are surrounded by a decorative border. A receipt, printed on a separate sheet of paper, is attached at the left.

Object number1946.13.1

MarkingsOn recto, left, stamped in blue ink, "CITY NATIONAL BANK / OF HARTFORD / NOV / 27 / 1871 [in circle]" over orange red revenue stamp with the words, "UNITED STATES / INTER. REVENUE" "TWENTY FIVE CTS. / CERTIFICATE".InscribedOn recto, lithographed title and text [word within brackets are inscribed in black ink]: "STATE OF CONNECTICUT / CITY NATIONAL BANK OF HARTFORD / SHARES / $100 / EACH / Be it known, that [The Middletown Savings Bank] / is the proprietor of [one hundred (100)] Shares of One Hundred Dollars Each in the Capital Stock / of the City National Bank of Hartford, transferred on the / Books at the Banking House by the said [Bank] or [its] lawful Attorney on the surrender of this Certificate subject to all / the conditions and stipulations contained in the Articles of Association and / the Bylaws of the said Bank. / HARTFORD, [24th Nov] 18[71] / [J.L. Riley?]/ Cashier [G.F. Davis?] / President". Lithographed, at left, "NATIONAL / ORGANIZATION / 1865. / STATE CHARTER / 1851." Lithographed receipt at far left, "Certificate No. [282] / [100] Shares / Issued to [Middletown / Savings Bank] / Dated [24 Nov] 18[71] / Rec'd the above described / Certificate / [R. Bull?]"

On verso, upper right, in black ink, "55510". Lower right, in pencil, accession number.

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