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Old Franklin House, in Milk Street

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Collection Type

  • Art

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Milk Street

GUSN

GUSN-198486

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Description

This engraving is an architectural view of the Franklin House from Caleb Snow's "History of Boston," 1828.

Details

Descriptive Terms

historic sites
houses
American Colonial
exterior views
wood engraving (process)
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR125

Physical Description

1 wood engraving

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.2550.003

Image Dimensions

9.5 x 5.75 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Bowen, Abel, 1790-1850 (Engraver)
Boston Bewick Company (Publisher)

Material Type

wood engraving (process)
prints (visual works)

Other People

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Subjects

Birthplaces
Milk Street (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

Poor

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Milk Street

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