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A color lithograph of the Dartmoor Prison. A large circular wall surrounds buildings of the prison. Inmates are scattered around between the buildings. The guards are dressed in red and there is a reservoir below the wall filled with blue water. A field surrounds the prison and there are fences at the bottom of the scene. Title and artist's name and date appear below the scene. References A through K on left and right sides. The frame is painted brown wood with a leather texture and silver inside the border.
color lithographs
prints (visual works)
paper (fiber product)
ink
wood (plant material)
color lithography
Print
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P128
FA097
Reproduction of Broughton, Glover, 1796-1869 (Artist)
Tappan & Bradfords (Printer)
Boston, Massachusetts
23 7/16 x 29 12/16 x 1 8/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.551
Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
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