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The Prisoners in Marching Order

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Collection Type

  • Art

Location Note

Prints: Charlestown, Mass.

GUSN

GUSN-196808

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Description

Print showing the prisoner at the Massachusetts State Prison in marching order outside of the prison. Official-looking men in top hats stand in front of the groups of men.

Details

Descriptive Terms

prisoners
state prisons (buildings)
exterior views
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 001670
AccessID 3613
Other identifier HNEDID-001670

Physical Description

1 print

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.4200.005

Image Dimensions

4.75 x 8 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Charlestown (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Wand, Alfred R., 1828-1891 (Delineator)

Material Type

prints (visual works)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Charlestown, Mass.

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