Residence and Library of Ithiel Town, New Haven, Connecticut (view of front facade and two plans)

Joseph Alexander Adams, American, about 1803 - 1880
after Alexander Jackson Davis, American, 1803 - 1892

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about 1832

Color wood engraving

Image: 6 × 7 15/16 in. (15.3 × 20.1 cm)

Sheet: 17 1/8 × 13 13/16 in. (43.5 × 35.1 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund

PR.949.107

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

Signed, in block, lower left: A. J. DAVIS, Del.; printed, lower center margin: RESIDENCE AND LIBRARY OF ITHIEL TOWN, NEW-HAVEN, CONN.; signed, in block, lower right: ADAMS, Sc.; lower left: floor plan FIRST.; lower right margin: floor plan SECOND.; inscribed on reverse, in graphite, upper right 11/66; stamped on reverse, in blue ink, lower left: DARTMOUTH COLLEGE/DEPT OF ART AND/ARCHAEOLOGY

Provenance

The Old Print Shop, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 1949.

Catalogue Raisonne

Peck, A. J. Davis, MMA, 1992, pp. 18, 63.

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