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Old Boston

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1858

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 203

GUSN

GUSN-199166

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Description

These are five images showing the development of Beacon Hill from drawings by J. H. Smith made on the spot in 1811 and 1812.

Details

Descriptive Terms

drawings (visual works)
prints (visual works)
lithographs

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR203OVR

Physical Description

5 lithographs

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.02.203

Places

Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Bufford, John Henry, 1810-1870 (Lithographer)
Smith, Knight, & Tappan (Publisher)
Smith, J. H. (Artist)

Material Type

prints (visual works)
lithographs

Restrictions

need cleaning, otherwise fair-good

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 203

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