Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
Framed photographic print of a painting depicting a scene of two Middle Eastern men outside a stone building. One man sits at the top of the stairs and plays flute. The other man is standing accross the stairs at the bottom. Behind them is a buildind with archways. The painting is signed "H. Hilliard" in the low right corner. The wood frame is surrounded by a pseudo-kufic inscription.
photographic prints
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
Orientalism
Print, Photographic
"H. Hilliard" (signature in the low right corner)
"Foster BROS. Pictures and Frames. 3 Park Square, Boston 9000" (Text printed on a label)
"9000 Oriental Med" (pencil handwritten on the lower part of the frame)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P558
Reproduction of Hilliard, William Henry, 1836-1905 (Painter)
Foster Brothers (Framer)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
17 8/16 x 14 9/16 x 11/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.981
Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
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
