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Hancock House, Beacon Street, Boston

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Collection Type

  • art

Date

1852

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Beacon St. and Beacon Hll

GUSN

GUSN-198373

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Description

This lithograph is a colored architectural view of the house and yard.

Details

Descriptive Terms

exterior views
historic houses
houses
dwellings
statesmen
governors
color lithographs
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR66

Physical Description

1 colored lithograph

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1934-03-19

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.1100.005

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

7.5 x 5 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. W.S. Appleton, 1934

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Material Type

color lithographs
prints (visual works)

Other People

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Subjects

Beacon Street (Boston, Mass.)

Accruals Note

See GC002.01.MA.1100.001 for b&w version of print.

Restrictions

Fair

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Beacon St. and Beacon Hll

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