Harkness Memorial Tower, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
1930s (Date manufactured/created)
ink
paper, print
12 1/2 in. H
X
9 1/2 in. W
Measurement Notes: Dimensions Extent: overall
Framed?: No
Framed?: No
Notes on Balthazar, according to Charles Monagan: The painting "From Library Park" hangs on my sister's wall. I think the piece titled "South Main Street," which I have, is actually Mill Street. I have one of William/Benjamin Howland with the writing utensil in his left hand. One the back, my father has written: "Presented to JSM by Ridge and Lucy Hall after Ridge Jr. worked in JSM's office. This is Benjamin Howland, an old Yankee title searcher who used to work in the Town Clerk's office (vault). He did work for the Engineer's and privately. He was very old and bent and didn't talk much to anyone, but just went about his work. He had most of the city titles in his head. Ed Balthazar did two etchings. One had the pencil in the left hand and one in the right. Artists do this. Delvaux did it in the lithograph I have. I remember Howland very well, although I never did more than say "hello." He didn't encourage familiarity." Curious that my father calls him Benjamin, but he was never very good with names. There's one Balthazar did of the Immaculate Conception Church as seen from the Green, which my mother has and which the Museum no doubt has. The artist told my mother that the woman seen on the Green is meant to be pregnant, a reflection of Mary, for whom the church is named.
Gift of Martha S. Murphy / the family of J Joseph Smith, 2011
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