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Minot's Ledge Light House, Massachusetts Bay near Cohasset

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1860

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 81-100

GUSN

GUSN-199100

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Description

This grey/green tinted lithograph shows two detailed elevations of the lighthouse and several cross-sections showing different structural make-ups. The legend gives many details of the construction of the lighthouse.

Details

Descriptive Terms

lighthouses
construction (assembling)
sections (orthographic projections)
marine engineering
prints (visual works)
lithographs

Physical Description

1 lithograph

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.02.090

Image Dimensions

16 x 20 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Ruth Preabrey, May 1936.

Places

Minots Ledge (Plymouth County, Massachusetts) [sand bar]
Cohasset Rocks (Massachusetts) [sand bar]

Record Details

Originator

Frink, Alden, 1833-1908 (Artist)
Burrill, E. H. (Lithographer)
Meisel Brothers (Printer)
Totten, Joseph Gilbert, 1788-1864 (Engineer)
Alexander, B. S. (Barton Stone), 1819-1878 (Engineer)

Material Type

prints (visual works)
lithographs

Other People

Minot, George, 1703-1785

Restrictions

Fair to good, torn at the edges

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 81-100

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