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Custom House, Boston, undated

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

undated

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 321-330

GUSN

GUSN-251847

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Description

A print of a sketch of the base of the Custom House, with people and a car in front. Signature in the lower right corner reads "R. Sawyer" (?).

Details

Descriptive Terms

exterior views
streetscapes
customhouses
squares (open spaces)
prints (visual works)

Physical Description

1 print; 13 x 10 inches

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.02.321

Image Dimensions

13 x 10 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Possibly Sawyer, R. (Artist)

Material Type

prints (visual works)

Subjects

McKinley Square (Boston, Mass.)
India Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 321-330

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