Looking west across Bushnell Park, Hartford
Date1872
MediumDrawing; pencil and ink wash on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 6 11/16 x 10 5/8in. (17 x 27cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the estate of Mary K. Talcott
DescriptionCommercial and residential structures bordering the grass and trees of Bushnell Park. In the center is a brick circular structure with many gables, cupola, and pointed roof, the Hartford- New Haven Railroad roundhouse. Train cars are on the tracks. In the background are houses. To the rights is the Hartford Public High School with dormers, cupola, and turret with clock and Victorian houses. The dark area in the center of the scene is probably the Park River. On the left near elm trees is a stone semi-circular monument.
Object number1910.7.0
InscribedOn recto, lower right, "January 1872" On verso: " Hartford looking west / across Bushnell Park / drawn by Mary K. Talcott."
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