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Haymarket Theatre, Boston, September 28, 1798

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1798-09-28

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Boylston St.

GUSN

GUSN-198278

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Description

Hatch's Tavern with the Haymarket Theatre behind it and the William Foster House to the right. The wall of Washington Gardens can be seen and behind it the hay scales. The House is on the southeast corner of the Common. The view is the site of Colonnade Row in (1800), Tremont Street and the Mall, looking south from West Street.

Details

Descriptive Terms

exterior views
landscapes (representations)
commons
theaters (buildings)
taverns
houses
dwellings
hay wagons
paintings (visual works)
watercolors (paintings)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR27

Physical Description

1 watercolor

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.1200.003

Image Dimensions

13.5 x 9.5 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

paintings (visual works)
watercolors (paintings)

Subjects

Tremont Street (Boston, Mass.)
Mason Street (Boston, Mass.)
Avery Street (Boston, Mass.)
West Street (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

Fair

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Boylston St.

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