The Maid of the Mist, in the Public Garden, Boston, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1869

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Public Gardens

GUSN

GUSN-198705

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Description

This engraving shows a frontal view of the small fountain statue standing on a half shell. "A description of this beautiful fountain statue was included in our article on the Public Garden of Boston, Massachusetts, published in No. 715 of this paper. We give this week a picture of this work of art, for so it may be justly called."

Details

Descriptive Terms

fountains
statues
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR168

Physical Descrption

1 newspaper line engraving

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1925-03-04

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.2900.002

Acqusition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

6 x 3.5 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of L.W. Jenkins, 1925

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Frank Leslie’s Publishing House (Publisher)

Material Type

prints (visual works)

Subjects

Public Garden (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

Good

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Public Gardens

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