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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1853

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Faneuil Hall

GUSN

GUSN-198657

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Description

This item is a sheet of newspaper with various scenes depicted, including portraits of John Adams and James Otis, the monuments at Lexington and Concord, a military combat scene, Faneuil Hall, and the Hall of Independence.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wars
revolutions
portraits
historic monuments
assembly halls
marketplaces
prints (visual works)
engravings (prints)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR160

Physical Description

1 newspaper engraving

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1922-05-20

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.1950.013

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

14.5 x 10.5 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Philadelphia (Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania)
Lexington (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Concord (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Kilburn, Samuel Smith (Delineator)
Pierson, Paul R. B. (Engraver)
Gleason's Pictorial (Publisher)

Material Type

prints (visual works)
engravings (prints)

Other People

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Otis, James, 1725-1783

Subjects

Revolutionary War

Restrictions

Fair

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Faneuil Hall

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