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View of the Charter Oak
Image Not Available for View of the Charter Oak

View of the Charter Oak

Datebefore 1856
MediumLithography; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 9/16 x 7 11/16in. (11.6 x 19.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 1/4 x 8 3/16in. (13.3 x 20.8cm)
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionA large oak tree stands in a grassy lawn behind an iron fence with stone or wooden gateposts. Small trees, and a larger tree which appears to be an elm, grow along the fence. A man and a woman stand beneath the tree. A two-story house in the right background has three chimneys and a lunette in the gable over the front door with pilasters or columns beneath.
Object number1998.140.0
InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "VIEW OF THE CHARTER OAK."

On verso, in pencil: upper right, "Box 32 / #3"; lower right, old and new accession numbers.
Collections
  • Kellogg Brothers Lithographs
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