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The New City Hall, Boston, Massachusetts

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1865

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: City Hall - School St.

GUSN

GUSN-198766

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Description

This engraving features a large, detailed architectural view of the City Hall yard. The foreground shows a statue and people strolling about the grounds.

Details

Descriptive Terms

public buildings
city halls
municipal buildings
prints (visual works)
line engravings (prints)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR184

Physical Description

1 newspaper line engraving

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1921-06-06

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.3000.002

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

16 x 11 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Virginia Stockwell, 1921

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Harper's Weekly (Publisher)

Material Type

prints (visual works)
line engravings (prints)

Subjects

School Street (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

poor

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: City Hall - School St.

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