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1942

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2016

2025

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Drawing, View of Groton Heights from New London

This is a Drawing. It was created by Daniel Huntington. It is dated ca. 1859 and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

25.3 × 35.4 cm (9 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: Groton heights from little burial[?] ground - N London - / looking a little south of East ..; lower right: old house at New London -

Cite this object as

Drawing, View of Groton Heights from New London; Daniel Huntington (American, 1816–1906); USA; graphite on paper; 25.3 × 35.4 cm (9 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1942-50-462

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