1878
HGO-01-001-O-G-403
GUSN-356076
Watercolor painting of Boston with Beacon Hill and the Massachusetts State House in the background and marsh lands in the foreground. On the Verso, inscription written in pencil, "Done by Langford Warren at corner of Boylston St. and Mass. Ave." Artist signature and date 10/16/87 in lower left corner of the painting. Artist is Herbert Langford Warren.
The painting was removed from the frame. The frame and glass front is currently resting at the bottom of the container.
watercolors (paintings)
cities
marshes
watercolors (paintings)
capital cities
marshes
Verso "Done by Langford Warren at corner of Beacon St. and Mass. Ave." (handwritten)
0.1 cubit feet (1 legal folder)
GC001
Original art collection
12/28/2020
GC001.USMA.Boston.773
Gift
Gift of Catherine Warren Chapman
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Beacon Hill (Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [peak]
Attributed to Warren, Herbert Langford, 1857-1917 (Artist)
watercolors (paintings)
capital cities
marshes
Warren, Herbert Langford, 1857-1917
Art
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The painting has some discoloration due to age. The watercolor is on paper adhered to cardboard. The verso of the painting has some flaking of glue. There are markings where the nails secured the painting in its original frame.
Item
HGO-01-001-O-G-403
Materials are entirely in English
Donna E. Russo
Herbert Langford Warren (1857-1917) was a British born New England architect. He attended school at Owens College in Manchester, England, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and studied under the architect H.H. Richardson in Brookline, Mass. Mr. Warren is associated with the Arts and Crafts movement in the United States. He founded, and was the first chair of, the School of Architecture at Harvard University.
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