Entrance to the New Boston Theatre, Washington Street

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1855

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Boston Theatre, Washington St.

GUSN

GUSN-198360

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Description

The engraving is a hand-tinted newspaper rendering of the theatre and adjacent buildings lined up on Washington Street with people and carriages in the foreground and entering the theatre.

Details

Descriptive Terms

exterior views
theaters (buildings)
streetscapes
carriages (vehicles)
engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR245

Physical Descrption

1 newspaper engraving : hand-tinted

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.3500.011

Image Dimensions

11 x 14 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Champney, W. L. (Delineator)
Peirce, Joshua H., 1812-1869 (Engraver)
Gleason's Pictorial (Publisher)

Material Type

engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Restrictions

good

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Boston Theatre, Washington St.

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