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Interior view of the Massachusetts State Library

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1856

Location Note

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

GUSN

GUSN-198372

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Description

This print is an architectural study of the library inside the State House. Groups of people are looking through the book stacks, and others gaze over the mezzanine railings or read at tables.

Details

Descriptive Terms

state libraries (buildings)
libraries (rooms)
reading
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR65

Physical Description

1 newspaper print

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.1300.008

Image Dimensions

13.5 x 10 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Gleason's Pictorial (Publisher)
Champney, Benjamin, 1817-1907 (Artist)

Material Type

prints (visual works)

Other Organizations

State Library of Massachusetts

Restrictions

Poor

Description Level

Item

Location Note

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

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