circa 1835-1855, undated
85M-01-314-Z-F-0407
GUSN-370281
Collection of twelve prints and maps by several different engravers depicting locations in Boston, Charlestown, and Lowell, Mass., dating from the early-to-mid 19th century.
buildings (structures)
exterior views
forts
harbors
landscapes (representations)
maps
monuments
prints (visual works)
prisons (buildings)
rivers
prints (visual works)
engravings (prints)
maps
Accession number 2019.12.6
1 oversize box (12 prints and maps)
The materials in this collection were collected by Anne Booth in the 1970s to early 1980s, mostly purchased at Goodspeed's Book Shop and Haley & Steele.
GC012
Anne Booth graphic collection
2018
GC012
Collection of twelve prints and maps by several different engravers depicting locations in Boston, Charlestown, and Lowell, Mass., dating from the early-to-mid 19th century.
Gift
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Charlestown (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Lowell (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Boston Harbor (Massachusetts) [harbor]
Charles (Massachusetts) [river]
Merrimack River (United States) [river]
Booth, Anne (Compiler)
prints (visual works)
engravings (prints)
maps
Ballou, Maturin Murray, 1820-1895
Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885
Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854
Bowen, Abel, 1790-1850
Cousen, Charles, 1819-1889
Mallory, Richard P.
Williams, W. (Wellington)
Barber, Edmund Lorenzo, 1808-1870
Brown, Samuel E., d. approximately 1860
Fowle, Edward A.
Meyer, Hermann Julius, 1826-1909
Boston Bewick Company
This collection is available for research.
The following conservation and preservation activities have been completed on this collection: Several of the sketches have been removed from acidic sleeves and folders and rehoused.
Delicate materials may be restricted due to their condition.
There are no technical restrictions on this collection.
Collection
85M-01-314-Z-F-0407
Accruals are not expected.
Materials are entirely in English.
Item title and identification. Anne Booth graphic collection (GC012). Historic New England, Library & Archives.
Sophia Cos, Assistant Archivist, May-June 2025.
2nd-edition DACS
Boston Bewick Company. (1957). In G. C. Groce & D. H. Wallce (eds.), The New-York Historical Societys Dictionary of Artists in America, 1564-1860 (p. 66). Yale University Press.
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/hermann-j-meyer-3299
https://bostonathenaeum.org/news/maturin-murray-ballou/
Brown, Samuel E. (1957). In G. C. Groce & D. H. Wallce (eds.), The New-York Historical Societys Dictionary of Artists in America, 1564-1860 (p. 88). Yale University Press.
Ross, A. M. (n.d.). Bartlett, William Henry. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved June 12, 2025, from https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bartlett_william_henry_8E.html
Engen, R. K. (1979). Cousen, Charles. In Dictionary of Victorian Engravers, Print Publishers and Their Works (p. 53). Chadwyck-Healey.
Barber, John Warner. (1957). In G. C. Groce & D. H. Wallce (Eds.), The New-York Historical Societys Dictionary of Artists in America, 1564-1860 (p. 28). Yale University Press.
Mallory, Richard P. (1957). In G. C. Groce & D. H. Wallce (eds.), The New-York Historical Societys Dictionary of Artists in America, 1564-1860 (p. 421). Yale University Press.
Fowle, Edward A. (1957). In G. C. Groce & D. H. Wallce (eds.), The New-York Historical Societys Dictionary of Artists in America, 1564-1860 (p. 236). Yale University Press.
Bowen, Abel. (1957). In G. C. Groce & D. H. Wallce (eds.), The New-York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America, 1564-1860 (p. 70). Yale University Press.
Williams, Wellington. (1957). In G. C. Groce & D. H. Wallce (eds.), The New-York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America, 1564-1860 (p. 690). Yale University Press.
Hughes, E. M. (1986). Barber, Edmond Lorenzo. In Artists in California, 1786-1940 (p. 32). Hughes Publishing Company.
The collection is arranged in two series by type as follows:
Series I. Prints
Series II. Maps
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