Exterior view, Mansion House, John Hancock House, 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-355963

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Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
Geographic locations
Massachusetts
Boston - Beacon St. and Beacon Hill
Exterior view, Mansion House, John Hancock House, 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 - Beacon St. and Beacon Hill
      - Hancock House, Beacon St., Boston, Mass.
      - View of the seat of his excellency John Hancock, Esqr., Boston
      - View of Hancock House, Beacon Street, Boston
      - Hancock House, Boston
      - Hancock House, Beacon Street, Boston
      - "Old Hancock House," Beacon Street, Boston
      - The Hancock House, Boston
      - Exterior view, Mansion House, John Hancock House, 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 241 in the book.

Details

Descriptive Terms

exterior views
historic houses
houses
mansions
statesmen
governors
engravings (prints)
guidebooks

Physical Descrption

1 engraving

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.1100.008

Places

Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

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

Material Type

engravings (prints)
guidebooks

Other People

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Subjects

Beacon Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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