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Framed drawing; ink, graphite and watercolor on paper affixed to wooden stretcher. Drawing depicts a three-story brick house with three chimneys and palladian window over off-center doorway. Home of Joseph Lovering (1758-1848), the youngest participant in the Boston Tea Party. Wood, gilt, and gesso frame with painted and gilded glass made by John Doggett.
architectural drawings (visual works)
ink
graphite (mineral)
watercolor (paint)
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
gilding
gesso
Drawing, Architectural
"Joseph Lovering/ Home Place/ Jamaica Plains" (chaulk)
"JOHN DOGGETT/ GILDER/ Looking-glass and Picture Framer, / Roxbury Street" (paper label)
"B.H. Hill" or "B.H. Hall" (faded red ink)
Doggett, John (American mirror manufacturer, active 1809)
Lovering, Joseph, 1758-1848
Doggett, John (American mirror manufacturer, active 1809) (Framer)
Boston, MA
15 1/8 x 21 1/8 (HxW) (inches)
Museum Purchase
2003.34
Massachusetts (United States)
Jamaica Plain (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
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