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Back Channel, Boston Harbor and Main Channel, Boston Harbor

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1854

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Boston Harbor Islands

GUSN

GUSN-198453

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Description

This engraving depicts Harbor views looking at two traffic channels for boats.

Details

Descriptive Terms

harbors
channels (water body components)
sailing vessels
lighthouses
paddle steamers
line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR113

Physical Description

1 newspaper line engraving

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1922-03-23

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.2250.006

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

13.75 x 9.75 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston Harbor (Massachusetts) [harbor]

Record Details

Originator

Brown, Samuel E., d. ca. 1860 (Engraver)

Material Type

line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Restrictions

Poor

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Boston Harbor Islands

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