"Wadsworth Barn, Hartford, CT" by Edward J. Balthazar, Amer., (1890-1956) Hand-Colored

"Wadsworth Barn, Hartford, CT" by Edward J. Balthazar, Amer., (1890-1956) Hand-ColoredEtching, 1945, Ed. of 112, 1949 Presentation Print published by the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, 7 15 16 x 9 15 16, signed in the plate, and signed, and dedicated "To Geo and Phil Davidson"in pencil, on cream laid paper. For years I believed this print showed Harriet Beecher Stowe's Barn in Hartford, CT, but no evidence supported this. The cataloguing notes for an impression of this print at the New Britain Museum of American Art set me straight,

Here the bustling human presence along the storefronts and seawall emphasize the dizzying height of the buildings which newly distinguished America’s most modern of cities

an impression printed by the artist's daughter Caro Weir Ely

Kahlenburgerdorf

fewer printed

This structure still stands today

cream simili-japan paper

who focused on the tranquil beauty of Kent and the Housatonic River

confident architectural rendering with minimal detail

Prints by Haydon are little known

Thomas Anschutz and Cecilia Beaux at the Pennsylvania Academy

verso with light toning and scattered faint foxing

Prints by Balthazar were exhibited in the Mattatuck Museum's 2009 exhibit "Travelers Tales"