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Interior view of the New Music Hall, Boston

Description

The Boston Music Hall interior is described in Gleason's Pictorial, December 18, 1852 (v.3, no.25, whole no.77).

Details

Descriptive Terms

interior views
music halls
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and engravings number PR 81

Physical Description

1 print

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1922-02-04

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.2050.006

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

15.25 x 10.75 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of L.W. Jenkins, 1922

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Rowse, Samuel Worcester, (American painter and engraver, 1822-1901) (Artist)
Gleason's Pictorial (Publisher)
Wright, Edward (Engraver)

Material Type

prints (visual works)

Subjects

Hamilton Place (Boston, Mass.)

Accruals Note

The Boston Music Hall is now the Orpheum Theatre.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Hamilton Place

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