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Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.6205  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Clock Tower Mill, Manchester
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.6205 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Clock Tower Mill, Manchester

ArtistDrawn by Richard Welling American, 1926 - 2009
Date1993
MediumPhotography; colored ink on paper Photocopy; black toner on paper Drawing; black ink on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 7/8 x 10in. (25.1 x 25.4cm) and smaller
Sheet (height x width): 13 5/8 x 24in. (34.6 x 61cm) and smaller
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family
DescriptionA photograph, a drawing, and a photocopy of that drawing, all depicting Clock Tower Mill in Manchester, Connecticut. The Italianate industrial building is depicted from the front, with the clock tower in the center. There is a lamp post beside the sidewalk at the lower left. The photograph shows several leafless trees that are not included in the drawing.
Object number2012.284.6205-.6207
MarkingsVersos of all three sheets of paper, bottom right, stamped in gray ink: "The Estate of / RICHARD / WELLING" [in box]InscribedThere are vertical and horizontal pencil lines making a border around part of the image area of 2012.284.6205

Recto of 2012.284.6207, on the left and right sides of the hand-drawn arc, handwritten in pencil and erased: "ARC / LINE"

Left edge, handwritten in black ink: "4-7-93-AM + PM (WED) . 1-8- PM THURS- /4.9-FRI-AM + PM"

Bottom left, handwritten in black ink: "INCLUDE LAMP?"

There are vertical and diagonal lines and an arc across the image area

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