Banquet to Col. N. A. Thompson, at the Tremont House, Boston

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1852-02-07

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Tremont Street

GUSN

GUSN-198270

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Description

Depicts a banquet scene inside the Tremont House. Also includes a portrait inset of Col. Newell A. Thompson at the top of the page. The accompanying article describes the occasion as being the resignation of Col. Thompson from the command of the Boston City Guards.

Details

Descriptive Terms

banquets (feasts)
colonels
celebrations
line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection number PR229

Physical Descrption

1 newspaper engraving

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1922-01-27

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.3300.010

Acqusition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

15 x 10 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of L. Jenkins, 1922

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Gleason's Pictorial (Publisher)

Material Type

line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Other People

Thompson, Newell Aldrich, 1808-1874

Other Organizations

City Guards (Boston, Mass.)

Subjects

Tremont Street (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

Poor

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Tremont Street

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