Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
1863-06-06
Vertical file 4, folder OVR 161-170
GUSN-199024
Color lithograph calling on residents of Boston, Massachusetts to save the old John Hancock Mansion from demolition. Lithograph was engraved by John Sartain and published by T. O. H. P. (Thomas Oliver Hazard Perry) "Alphabet" Burnham. The lithograph is dated June 6, 1863. This lithograph represents an early attempt at landmark preservation in Massachusetts
houses
dwellings
landmark buildings
historic preservation
prints (visual works)
color lithographs
Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR165OVR
1 color lithograph ; 29 1/4 x 43 inches
GC002
Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
GC002.02.165
29.25 x 43 (HxW)(inches)
Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Sartain, John (Engraver)
Burnham, Thomas O. H. Perry, 1814-1891 (Publisher)
prints (visual works)
color lithographs
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
Beacon Street (Boston, Mass.)
good
Item
Vertical file 4, folder OVR 161-170
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].
Sign up to our newsletter for our latest news and events
