Barre Academy

Name/Title

Barre Academy

Entry/Object ID

1987.47.1

Description

Pencil drawing showing a large, neoclassical building beside a 2.5-story house. The neoclassical building has 4 columns and central cupola. The house is 5 bays long, with the entrance at the center of the 3-bay front. The buildings are within a fenced-in yard, and a path leads out of the yard toward the viewer. There is a road running diagonally through the lower right foreground of the composition with 2 groups of travelers: a walking family, and a couple in a carriage. The back is labeled, "Barre Academy, Dr. Jacob Spaulding, principal".

Type of Drawing

Graphite

Artwork Details

Subject Place

City

Barre City

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Acquisition

Accession

1987.47

Source or Donor

VHS Library

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Drawing

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

11-1/2 in

Width

15-1/4 in