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Ladies' Drawing-Room, Vestibule, Grand Staircase, and Stage and Auditorium of the Boston Theatre

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1855-11-10

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Boston Theatre, Washington St.

GUSN

GUSN-198339

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Description

The engraving depicts two pages of newspaper showing several interior scenes of the theatre including stage, staircase, vestibule, and drawing room.

Details

Descriptive Terms

audiences
stages (performance spaces)
theaters (buildings)
stairs
drawing rooms
vestibules
performances (entertainment events)
line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR239

Physical Description

1 news line engraving

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1922-05-27

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.3500.008

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

14.5 x 10 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Lawrence Jenkins, 1922

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Champney, W. L. (Artist)
Ballou's Pictorial (Publisher)

Material Type

line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Restrictions

poor

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Boston Theatre, Washington St.

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