MAKE A MEME View Large Image Francischarter.png en The Wyllys Mansion and Charter Oak painting by George Francis 16 5/8 x 19 1/8 in cm 42 2 x 48 6 Oil cf http //siris-artinventories si edu/ipac20/ipac jsp session 1GT6000161132 515 profile ariall source ~ ...
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Keywords: Francischarter.png en The Wyllys Mansion and Charter Oak painting by George Francis 16 5/8 x 19 1/8 in cm 42 2 x 48 6 Oil cf http //siris-artinventories si edu/ipac20/ipac jsp session 1GT6000161132 515 profile ariall source ~ siartinventories view subscriptionsummary uri full 3100001~ 34995~ 0 ri 3 aspect Browse menu search ipp 20 spp 20 staffonly term Francis +George +1790-1873 +painter + 28attributed+to 29 index AUTHOR uindex aspect Browse menu search ri 3 SIRIS entry Probably commissioned by the local arts patron Daniel Wadsworth this painting depicts the colonial mansion of the Wyllys Family torn down around 1830 and the famous Charter Oak in Hartford Connecticut Note the gentelman tugging at a twig a relic hunter There is another painting by Francis of the Charter Oak also dated 1818 lacking the mansion but including the little gentleman Scan from Robert F Trent The Charter Oak Artifacts In The Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin 49 3 1984 p 126 George Francis 1790-1873 1818 Charter Oak PD-Art
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