The Hutchinson House

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

ca. 1850

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Garden Court St.

GUSN

GUSN-203571

Description

This engraving shows the front façade of the Thomas Hutchinson House, which was located between Hanover Street and North Square in Boston, Massachusetts. A man walks along the front path to the door. Hutchinson was lieutenant-governer of the Massachusetts colony from 1758 to 1771 and then governor until 1774. Hutchinson lived in the three-story Georgian town house starting in 1765. At the end of his office, he returned to England and died there in 1780.

Details

Descriptive Terms

town houses
Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)
exterior views
fences
engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR77

Physical Descrption

1 engraving ; 6 3/4 x 10 inches

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1918-11-01

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.2000.001

Acqusition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

10 x 6 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Other People

Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Garden Court St.

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