House once occupied by Uncle John and Aunt Rebecca Merrill
Entry/Object ID
1993.21.32
Description
Ink on paper drawing of the house once owned by John and Rebecca Merrill, Bradbury's uncle and aunt. The clapboard story and a half cape house has a center chimney, a window flanking each side of the front door, and an small attached ell on one side. Handwritten in script below the drawing is: "House once occupied by Uncle John and Aunt Rebecca Merrill" Along the right side "opposite Capt. Marshall's" On the reverse is a long inscription; see the notes field.
Artwork Details
Medium
ink and graphite on paper
Made/Created
Artist
Bradbury, Gibeon Elden (1833-1904)
Date made
1858
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Inscription
Location
on back
bottom right
Transcription
"When Uncle John first lived in this house he told me that he could hear the wolves howl in the woods down back of the Kimball place and on summer evenings hear Grandmother Roberts calling the calves from the meadow, below the house now occupied by myself. GEB. 1814"
