Paper mill at Hodgskintown near New Haven – Antique Wall Art
![Paper mill at Hodgskintown near New Haven, [182-] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/93/93efe5809c79-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Paper mill at Hodgskintown near New Haven, preserved in this historic drawing. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Paper mill at Hodgskintown near New Haven
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Few pictures on the board show a working paper mill, and this watercolor sets its subject against a rocky cliff, a detail the record flags in its subject headings. Its title is inscribed on the back, and it belongs to the John Rubens Smith Collection at the Library of Congress. Smith, an English-born artist who worked in America, made many landscape drawings in the 1820s, and this sheet is typical of his careful attention to terrain. Early Connecticut paper mills relied on river power and rag stock, so the building sits where water and stone met. The record dates the work only to the 1820s, so the exact year remains uncertain.
| Created / published | [182-] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : watercolor. |
| Genre | Landscape drawings Color 1820-1830.Watercolors Color 1820-1830. |
| Notes | Title inscribed on verso. Forms part of: John Rubens Smith Collection (Library of Congress). Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1995:140.89 |
| Subjects | Mills--Connecticut--1820-1830. Cliffs--Connecticut--1820-1830. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,652 × 3,753 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223345 |
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