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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1850

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Custom House

GUSN

GUSN-198396

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Description

This engraving depicts a street scene of tradespeople and their horse-drawn wagons in front of the Custom House.

Details

Descriptive Terms

customhouses
scenes (depictions)
wagons (cargo vehicles)
engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR74

Physical Description

1 engraving

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.1850.001

Image Dimensions

4.5 x 6.5 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1874 (Artist)
Smith, George Girdler, 1795-1878 (Engraver)

Material Type

engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Restrictions

Fair

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Custom House

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