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Christ Church, Boston, Mass., undated

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Collection Type

  • Art

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Salem St.: Christ Church & Wells Adams Hs.

GUSN

GUSN-198749

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Description

This engraving is an impressionistic view of Christ Church and the surrounding neighborhood.

Details

Descriptive Terms

exterior views
churches (buildings)
streetscapes
graveyards
prints (visual works)
line engravings (prints)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR179

Physical Description

1 line engraving ; 12 x 9 1/4 inches

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1927-06-04

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.2950.003

Acquisition Type

Estate

Image Dimensions

12 x 9 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the estate of Dr. Wm. S. Bigelow, 1927

Places

North End (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Hodgdon, Sylvester Phelps, 1830-1906 (Artist)

Material Type

prints (visual works)
line engravings (prints)

Subjects

Salem Street (Boston, Mass.)
Hull Street (Boston, Mass.)
Copp's Hill Burying Ground (Boston, Mass.)
Freedom Trail (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

Good

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Salem St.: Christ Church & Wells Adams Hs.

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