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Print of the Cambridge Common

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1942

GUSN

GUSN-310709

Description

Print of the Cambridge Common, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hand colored full-tone collotype. Black wood frame with gilt edges. Drawn by D. Bell. Printed by the Meriden Gravure Company. Meriden, CT, 1942.

Details

Descriptive Terms

color prints (prints)
paper (fiber product)
collotypes (prints)
hand coloring
Print
Print

Inscription

"Cambridge Common from the seat of Caleb Gannet Esqr. Comprehending a view of Harvard University." (Lower center)

Additional Identification Number

1299.4

Maker

Meriden Gravure Company (Printer)

Dimensions

18 x 28 1/4 x 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Joan Pearson Watkins Trust

Accession Number

2015.62.4

Places

Meriden (New Haven county, Connecticut)

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