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The first musical festival in New England, King's Chapel, Boston, January 10, 1786

Description

This facsimile reprint depicts a somewhat detailed, interior scene of people in the pews, listening to the choir. The organ pipes rise high in the background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

festivals
music
chapels (rooms or structures)
religious buildings
interior views
organs (aerophones)
audiences
line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection number PR228

Physical Description

1 engraving

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1943-01-19

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.3300.014

Acquisition Type

Estate

Image Dimensions

11 x 14 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the estate of Miss Maria H. Thacher, 1943

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Restrictions

Excellent

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Tremont Street

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