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View of Suffolk Bank, State street, Boston

Description

Image showing the front exterior of the Suffolk Bank. "All who have visited State street, within the last year or more, must have noticed the elegant front of the Suffolk Bank, with its range of granite pillars, forming perhaps the most splendid object in that beautiful portion of our city."

Details

Descriptive Terms

banks (financial institutions)
pillars
exterior views
wood engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection number PR205

Physical Description

1 engraving

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1918-11-01

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.3100.005

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

10 x 7 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. J.W. Perkins, 1918

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

wood engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Subjects

State Street (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

Good

Description Level

Item

Location Note

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

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