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Title
View
of
Hartford
,
Ct
. from the
Deaf
and
Dumb
Asylum
.
Creator
Whitefield, Edwin, 1816-1892. Michelin, Francis, 1809 or 10-1878.
Place
Hartford (Conn.)
Connecticut River
Topic
Charter Oak (Hartford, Conn.)
American Asylum, at Hartford, for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb
Old State House (Hartford, Conn.)
Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.)
Church buildings
Genre
Prints
Theme
Environment
Description
View
of
Hartford
from
Asylum
Hill
.
Elegantly
dressed
men
and
women
are in the
gardens
of the
Deaf
and
Dumb
Asylum
,
which
are
enclosed
by a
wooden
fence
and a
stone
wall
.
One
of the
paths
in the
garden
leads
to a
gazebo
. The
skyline
along
Main
Street
includes
churches
and the
State
House
. The
Connecticut
River
, with
sailing
vessels
on the
water
,
is
in the
background
.
East
Hartford
is
visible
beyond
the
river
.
Asylum
Avenue
angles
east
from the
bottom
right
corner
.
Identifiable
buildings
, from
left
to
right
,
include
the
Methodist
Episcopal
Church
, the
North
or
Third
Congregational
Church
(with
a
tall
tower
and
spire)
,
Trinity
Catholic
Church
,
Christ
Church
, the
First
Baptist
Church
, the
Fourth
Congregational
Church
, the
State
House
(the
building
with a
cupola
on
top)
, the
Church
of the
Savior
, the
Universalist
Church
, and
Center
Church
,
both
with
spires
on their
steeples
. The
building
behind
the
smokestack
is
the
Wadsworth
Athenaeum
. The
four
vignettes
bordering
the
bottom
of the
scene
include
views
of the
Charter
Oak
, the
Deaf
and
Dumb
Asylum
,
Washington
College
(later
Trinity
College)
, and the
State
House
,
Universalist
Church
.
Notes
New
York
.
Published
by
E
.
Whitefield
.
1849
.
Drawn
from
nature
&
Engraved
by
E
.
Whitefield
. >
Printed
by
F
.
Michelin
111
Nassau
St
.
N.Y
.
Date created
1849
Physical format
1
print
:
lithograph
;
63
x
94
cm
.
Digital format
image/jp2
Identifier
Accession
number
:
X.1986.169.0
File
name
:
chs_x_1986_169_0.jp2
Source
The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
.
Rights
Reproduction
and
copyright
information
regarding
this
image
is
available
from The
Graphics
Collection
of The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
,
Hartford
.
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