Hartford Iron Foundry, L.B. Hanks & Co. Proprietors, Hartford, Conn.

After a work byAfter a work by Edward Williams Clay American, 1799 - 1857

PrinterPrinted by D. W. Kellogg & Co. American, 1830 - 1840

Datebefore 1838

MediumLithography; printer's ink on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 15/16 x 8 3/16in. (12.5 x 20.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 x 9 13/16in. (20.3 x 24.9cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionComplex of industrial buildings includes several factories with smoke issuing from smokestacks. A ventilator and several chimneys are on the roofs. Signs read: "L.B. Hanks & Co." "Hartford / Iron Foundry." A man loads or unloads a horse-drawn wagon near a gate. A man holding a whip and a woman holding a parasol are in a horse-drawn carriage. A dog runs beside them. Two boys, one rolling a hoop, are at the far left. A picket fence is at the right. Pennants fly from the masts of sailing vessels that are out of sight on the Connecticut River in the background. Birds fly in the sky.

Object number1977.118.0

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "HARTFORD IRON FOUNDRY, / L.B. HANKS & Co. Proprietors. / HARTFORD, CONN."

On verso, in pencil: upper left, old accession number [crossed out]; lower right, new accession number.NotesArtist Note: The inscription "E.W. Clay Del. & Fec." suggests that Clay both made the original drawing on which the lithograph is based, and transferred his own design to the stone. (Finlay 6/15/2004)

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