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State Street, Boston

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1837

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Old State House + State Street

GUSN

GUSN-198210

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Description

Depicts a view of State Street with the State House in the background. From Willis's American Scenery, pt. 5.

Details

Descriptive Terms

streetscapes
state government
historic buildings
engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection number PR201

Physical Description

1 engraving

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1921-12-13

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.3100.007

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

8.5 x 11 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Virginia Stockwell, 1921

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Virtue, George, 1793?-1868 (Publisher)
Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854 (Artist)
Lacey, Samuel, fl. 1818-1857 (Engraver)

Material Type

engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Subjects

State Street (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

Fair

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Old State House + State Street

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