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[Whittier House, Haverhill, Mass.]

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1870s

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 31-40

GUSN

GUSN-198937

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Description

This print, copied from an oil painting, is a black and white romantic view of the Whittier House with a boy fishing. On the reverse it is inscribed "Prang?" by W. Sumner Appleton.

Details

Descriptive Terms

historic houses
photomechanical prints
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number 31OVR

Physical Description

1 photomechanical prints

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1930-09-13

Reference Code

GC002.02.031

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

22.75 x 31.5 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of W.S. Appleton, 1930

Places

Haverhill (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Possibly Prang, Louis, 1824-1909 (Artist)

Material Type

photomechanical prints
prints (visual works)

Other People

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

Restrictions

Very good

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 31-40

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