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Interior view of Disbrow & Co.'s Riding School, 415 Washington Street, Boston

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1852-11

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Washington St.

GUSN

GUSN-198418

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Description

This engraving shows an interior view of a circular riding ring. There are horses and riders trotting about with a trainer in the center of the ring. Spectators peer from the observation windows.

Details

Descriptive Terms

horseback riding
riding schools (buildings)
teachers
riding rings
spectators (event observers)
interior views
line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR259

Physical Description

1 news line engraving

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1922-02-04

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.3550.021

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

7.5 x 10.5 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of L.W. Jenkins, 1922

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Gleason's Pictorial

Material Type

line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Subjects

Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

fair

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Washington St.

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