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Image: Connecticut Shore Scenes

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Connecticut Shore Scenes

1874
19th century
254 x 185 mm (10 x 7.3 in.)

W. Hamilton Gibson (aka William Hamilton Gibson), American, (1850–1896)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Wood engraving on wove paper
Print impression quality: Excellent
Series: from Picturesque America
Edition: Illustration engraved on wood by Harley; published on page 441 in volume 2 of “Picturesque America or The Land We Live in,” edited by William Cullen Bryant, D. Appleton & Co., New York, 1874
Credit Line: Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1981
Accession Number: 1981.13.5.11

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This object has the following keywords:
  • American Studies
  • Connecticut - TGN 7007159
  • illustration - The art or process of providing illustrations. [March 1993 lead-in term added. May 1991 scope note added.]
  • illustrations - Representations or diagrams that clarify, usually accompanying a text, sometimes part of an advertisement. For works that explore a subject or are preliminary to a separate, more finalized work, use "studies (visual works)." [August 1995 alternate term changed, was 'illustration'. March 1993 descriptor moved. June 1992 scope note changed; lead-in term added.]
  • New England - TGN 7014203 (general region): Refers to several states settled by English colonists, including Connecticut, Maine, Massaschusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. The coastline has many harbors. It is on a broad continental shelf, with forested hills inland. It was inhabited by the 9th mill. BCE; the Algonquians were here when the Europeans settled in early 17th century.
  • Northeastern United States - TGN 4011496 (general region): The term typically refers to New England and the northern Atlantic seaboard, including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.
  • townscapes (representations) - Related Term

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  • image Dimensions: 254 x 185 mm (10 x 7.3 in.)

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