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West End Church block print from Pencil Points

Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Cambridge St.

GUSN

GUSN-198297

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Description

This block print shows a central view of West End Church. It is from a special issue of Pencil Points, published for the A.I.A. Convention in Boston. In the foreground is a street scene, including pedestrians, a car and a fruit and vegetable peddlar.

Details

Descriptive Terms

religious buildings
churches (buildings)
street vendors
scenes (depictions)
pedestrians
automobiles
color prints (prints)
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engraving Collection Number PR36

Physical Description

1 colored block print

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.1450.001

Image Dimensions

7.25 x 6.25 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Grassby, Percy A., 1882-1973 (Artist)
Thomas Todd Company (Boston, Mass.) (Printer)
Pencil Points Press (New York, N.Y.) (Publisher)

Material Type

color prints (prints)
prints (visual works)

Other Organizations

American Institute of Architects

Subjects

West End (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

Good

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Cambridge St.

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