Quincy House, remodeled from the first stone dwellings erected in Boston

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

undated

GUSN

GUSN-366896

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Description

Etching of Quincy House, a hotel "remodeled from the first Stone dwellings erected in / Boston" located at the corner of Brattle Street and Brattle Square. Depicts a street view of the hotel with pedestrians in the foreground. The following is written in pencil on the verso: "Brattle [Hanover crossed out] Street - / & Brattle Sq." Artist is unknown. Publisher is unknown.

Details

Descriptive Terms

hotels (public accommodations)
exterior views
streets
pedestrians
etchings (prints)

Inscription

Brattle [Hanover crossed out] Street - / & Brattle Sq (handwritten)

Physical Descrption

1 etching ; 10 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

2023

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.1250.002

Credit Line

Gift of Revolutionary Spaces, 2023

Places

Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

etchings (prints)

Subjects

Print
Hotels
Etched

Description Level

Item

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