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State House and Boston Common

Description

This engraving depicts the State House in the distant background, with a landscape foreground. The Hancock House sits next to the State House.

Details

Descriptive Terms

public buildings
government office buildings
domed
commons
historic houses
engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR30a
Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR30b

Physical Description

2 engravings

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.1300.006

Image Dimensions

5 x 4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

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

Record Details

Material Type

engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Restrictions

Fair

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: New State House [Beacon St.]

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