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Front elevation of stores and tenements for Matthew Bartlett, Broad and Belmont Streets, Boston, Mass., 1856

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1856

Location Note

Vertical File 4A, Drawer 3

GUSN

GUSN-180775

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Description

1 exterior elevation : black and red ink, watercolor, and graphite on wove paper ; 19 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches

Details

Descriptive Terms

stores
tenement houses
commercial buildings
dwellings
black (color)
red (color)
ink
watercolor (paint)
graphite (mineral)
wove paper
front (positional attribute)
façades
exterior elevations
architectural drawings (visual works)

Inscription

Sheet No. 1 / Original Set / adopted (handwritten)
M. Bartlett / Stores & Tenement on / Broad Street. (handwritten)
Elevation on Broad Street (handwritten)
Elevations on Belmont Street (handwritten)
April - 1856 (handwritten)
Scale 8 feet to an inch (handwritten)
L. Briggs Jr / Architect. / 27 Joy's Building / Boston. (handwritten)

Physical Description

1 exterior elevation : black and red ink, watercolor, and graphite on wove paper ; 19 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches

Collection Code

AR002

Collection Name

Luther Briggs, Jr. architectural collection

Date of Acquisition

1937

Reference Code

AR002.TMP.002.001

Acquisition Type

Gift

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Briggs, Luther, 1822-1905 (Architect)

Material Type

exterior elevations
architectural drawings (visual works)

Subjects

Fort Hill (Boston, Mass. : Neighborhood)
Broad Street (Boston, Mass.)
Belmont Street (Boston, Mass.)

Accruals Note

Included in the Drawing Toward Home: Designs for Domestic Architecture from Historic New England exhibition.

Variant Title

Ephraim Merriam House, Chestnut Street, Jamaica Plain, Boston, 1856-57

Description Level

Component

Location Note

Vertical File 4A, Drawer 3

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