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1885-1886
HGO-01-001-F-R-1
GUSN-167186
Photograph of the front parlor, looking into the back parlor, in the Nathan Appleton House, 39 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.
interior views
interior decoration
photographs
ACCESS ID 1776
Old ID 1812.00
1 photograph
PC002
Domestic interiors photographic collection
1912-10-07
PC002.USMA.Boston.027.06
Gift
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
photographs
Item
HGO-01-001-F-R-1
This photograph was taken in 1885 or 1886 during the residency of William Sumner Appleton, Sr., son of Nathan Appleton, before the sale of the house in 1886 to Arthur Lyman. A note on the back indicates that the portrait shown is John Singleton Copley's portrait of Mrs. Richard Crowninshield Derby (Martha) as St. Cecilia playing the harp.
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