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Print commemorating speeches of Charles Sumner

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1874

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 171-180

GUSN

GUSN-199072

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Description

Commemorative print featuring quotations by and about Charles Sumner, Massachusetts senator and anti-slavery movement leader.

Details

Descriptive Terms

speeches
senators
commemoratives
lectures
abolitionists
prints (visual works)
heliotypes (prints)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR177OVR

Physical Description

1 heliotype

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1923-05-01

Reference Code

GC002.02.177

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

16 x 20.75 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bostonian Society, May 1, 1923

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Osgood, James R. (Printer)

Material Type

prints (visual works)
heliotypes (prints)

Other People

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Restrictions

discolored, but good

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 171-180

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