Exterior view, Boston Athenaeum, Pearl Street, from Bowen's picture of Boston or the citizen's and stranger's guide to the metropolis of Massachusetts and its environs, 3rd ed., Otis Broaders and Company, Boston, Mass.

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Date

1838

GUSN

GUSN-355957

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Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
Geographic locations
Massachusetts
Boston - Places or streets: O - Z
Exterior view, Boston Athenaeum, Pearl Street, from Bowen's picture of Boston or the citizen's and stranger's guide to the metropolis of Massachusetts and its environs, 3rd ed., Otis Broaders and Company, Boston, Mass.
(current record)

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Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
- Geographic locations
  - Massachusetts
    - Boston - Places or streets: O - Z
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      - Club House, West Street, Boston
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      - Exterior view, Boston Athenaeum, Pearl Street, from Bowen's picture of Boston or the citizen's and stranger's guide to the metropolis of Massachusetts and its environs, 3rd ed., Otis Broaders and Company, Boston, Mass.
        (current record)

Description

The engraving is on page 188 in the book.

Details

Descriptive Terms

exterior views
athenaeums
libraries (buildings)
historic buildings
historic houses
engravings (prints)
guidebooks

Physical Descrption

1 engraving

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.3850.021

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Bowen, Abel, 1790-1850 (Engraver)
Andrews, Joseph, 1806-1873 (Delineator)
Tuttle, Dennett & Chisholm (Architect)

Material Type

engravings (prints)
guidebooks

Other Organizations

Boston Athenaeum

Subjects

Pearl Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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