Yale College and State House, New-Haven, Con. [sic]

After a work byAfter a work by J. A. Davis

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

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

Date1830-1840

MediumLithography; printer's inks on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 1/4 x 12 1/16in. (21 x 30.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 11 1/16 x 14 1/16in. (28.1 x 35.7cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionThe academic buildings of Yale College are on the left: a long range of four-story buildings with three tall towers, one of them resembling the steeple of a church. Small trees grow in the foreground. A broad grassy lawn or yard is surrounded by a picket fence. Elm trees line a rutted dirt road that recedes into the distance in the center. A man, woman, and boy stand beneath the first elm on the left, apparently speaking to a man on horseback in the road. The State House, on the right, is in the form of a Greek temple on a high basement, with six Doric columns across the facade. Its lawn is also surrounded by a low fence. The steeple of a church is visible immediately to the right. A standing woman and a seated man are beneath a large tree in the right foreground.

Object number1995.182.176

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "YALE COLLEGE & STATE HOUSE, NEW-HAVEN, CON. [sic]"

On verso, in pencil: upper right, "#50"; lower right, old and new accession numbers "Dwr 22" "CPC consv 1986".

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