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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1856

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Winter Street

GUSN

GUSN-198455

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Description

Engraving showing an exterior view of Hennessy & Company, Auctioneers & Commission Merchants. A carriage passes in front of the building.

Details

Descriptive Terms

auctioneers
commission merchants
exterior views
commercial buildings
horse-drawn vehicles
line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR269

Physical Description

1 news line engraving

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.3600.001

Image Dimensions

7 x 7 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Kilburn, Samuel Smith (Delineator)

Material Type

line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Other People

Wright, Isaac Hull, 1814-1886

Other Organizations

Hennessy & Company (Boston, Mass.)

Subjects

Winter Street (Boston, Mass.)
Music Hall Place (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

poor (torn)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Winter Street

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