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
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
Research Area
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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