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The Consumptives' Home at Grove Hall, Boston Highlands (one of the many charities founded by the late Dr. Cullis)

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1892-07-27

Location Note

Prints: Roxbury, Mass.

GUSN

GUSN-198842

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Description

A sheet from The Christian Herald and Signs of Our Times with an article called "A wondrous work of faith." The sheet has an engraving of the Consumptives' Home and an inset portrait of the late Charles Cullis, M.D.

Details

Descriptive Terms

charities (nonprofit organizations)
rest homes
physicians
philanthropists
engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection number PR352

Physical Description

1 newpaper line engraving

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1921-03-31

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.6800.004

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

14 x 10 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of C.C. Swan, 1921

Places

Roxbury (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Material Type

engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Other People

Cullis, Charles

Restrictions

Dirty and slightly discolored, though the colors are still bright.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Roxbury, Mass.

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