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Front Elevation of Charles H. Collins House, Meriden, Connecticut

(American, 1804–1891)
About 1868 (house built in 1868, demolished in 1955)
Medium/TechniqueGraphite pencil, pen and ink, and brush with blue and brown wash on paper. Touches of red ink over windows denoting measurements.
DimensionsSheet: 40.8 x 52.1 cm (16 1/16 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number61.259
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsIn pen and ink, l.l.: Scale 4 feet to 1 inch; b.c.: Front Elevation; l.r.: H. Austin / Archt
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA May 10, 1961
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