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Smoker's Circle, on Boston Commmon

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1852

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Boston Common

GUSN

GUSN-198344

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Description

This print is a view of a large group of gentlemen lounging about on the Common and smoking.

Details

Descriptive Terms

leisure
commons
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR53

Physical Description

1 newspaper print

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1922-02-06

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.1600.003

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

9.5 x 11 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of L. Jenkins, 1922

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Worcester, Fernando Edwards, b. 1818 (Engraver)
Gleason's Pictorial (Publisher)

Material Type

prints (visual works)

Subjects

Smoking

Restrictions

Fair

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Boston Common

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