View of the Edward Cruft Mansion

Details

Descriptive Terms

watercolors (paintings)
paintings (visual works)
paper (fiber product)
watercolor (paint)
Painting

Inscription

"This is a corretc view of the / Mansion House in Pearl Street / Boston, owned + occupied by Edward / Cruft for many years, and taken down / in 1845, and a block of stores- (Cruft / Block) built on the ground." (Black ink)
"From / WILLIAMS & EVERETT, / MANUFACTURERS OF / Looking-Glasses and Picture Frames, / IMPORTERS OF / Looking-Glass Plates, / AND DEALERS IN / PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, / And other Works of Art, / No. 234 WASHINGTON STREET...BOSTON. / Dudley Williams. William Everett." (Printed)
"530 / Cruft" (Pencil)
"MANSION HOUSE OF EDWARD CRUFT, 5 PEARL STREET, BOSTON, BUILT IN 1810. Built 1810, destroyed 1845 and the Cruft Block built on the site. / Mr. Cruft was born in Boston, 22 Nov. 1776 and died there 23 Sept. 1866 in his house on / Temple Place. He married at Boston, 9 Aug. 1810, Elizabeth Storer Smith who was born in / Boston 1789, died in Boston 1859." (typed)

Associated Building

Subject Edward Cruft Mansion,

Additional Identification Number

A908

Maker

Williams & Everett (Framer)

Location of Origin

Boston, MA

Dimensions

18 3/4 x 24 3/4 x 1 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. George Theodore Cruft

Accession Number

1934.3077

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Probably Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)