Armory of Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company.
PrinterPrinted by
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
American, 1840 - 1867
PublisherPublished by
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
American, 1840 - 1867
Date1840-1848
MediumLithography; black and colored printer's inks and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 15/16 x 15 15/16in. (20.2 x 40.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 5/16 x 18in. (23.7 x 45.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 5/16 x 18in. (23.7 x 45.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionA large three-story brownstone factory building stands on a river bank. A cupola consisting of a colonnade supporting an onion dome surmounted by a globe or ball with a rearing colt on it is above the main entrance. Smoke issues from a tall smokestack. Additional buildings are behind and to the right of the main factory. These include an Italianate structure labeled "OFFICE" and a small Gothic revival building. Two horse-drawn vehicles, a man on horseback, and numerous men and women are on the road in front of the factory and on the river bank. Three men hold fishing poles. Other men unload a two-masted schooner into two carts drawn by oxen. A second small schooner is in the mouth of the Park River at the right. Other vessels on the river include a small sloop, a racing shell with the name "Undine" on the side and flags flying at the prow and stern, and two punts or rowboats.
Object number1995.182.174
InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "ARMORY OF COLT'S PATENT FIRE ARMS MANUFACTURING COMPANY." Lithographed beneath right border, "OFFICE".On verso, lower right, in pencil: "8 3/4 x 16 3/8 / 16422" and old and new accession numbers.
Collections
- Kellogg Brothers Lithographs
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Edward Williams Clay
before 1838
Rogers & Bro.
