Charter Oak.

DraftsmanDrawn by Elijah Chapman Kellogg American, 1811 - 1881

Date1836

MediumDrawing; pencil on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 5/8 x 4 3/8in. (11.7 x 11.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 7/8 x 5 1/4in. (25.1 x 13.3cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionTwo women and two men stand beneath a large oak tree. The women wear bonnets. One holds a parasol. The men wear top hats. One holds a cane. A smaller sketch of what appears to be the same tree is at the lower left. The main drawing has been squared for transfer.

Object number1983.175.0

InscribedOn verso, along right edge, in pencil, old and new accession numbers.NotesArtist Note: This appears to be the preliminary drawing for E.C. Kellogg's lithograph of the Charter Oak; presumably, therefore, it is by E.C. Kellogg. The fact that the drawing has been squared for transfer further suggests that it was reproduced in another medium. (Finlay 1/10/2005)

Date Note: The lithograph based on this drawing appears as an illustration in: Letters from the English Kings and Queens.... Compiled by R.R. Hinman. Hartford: John B. Eldredge, printer, 1836. Connecticut Imprints 1836 H 663L. Therefore the drawing was presumably was executed in 1836. (Finlay 10/24/2005)

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