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Title
View of Chelsea Mass. from Eagle Hill East Boston
Creator
Brown, Samuel E., -approximately 1860, artist
Sharp & Peirce, printer
Rivers, Benjn., publisher
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1848
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
Image of a landscape view of Chelsea, Massachusetts, on the coast of Mystic River as viewed from Eagle Hill in East Boston; Winnisimmet ferry approaches dock at left; sailing vessels visible on river; cows, pedestrians, and horse-drawn vehicle in foreground.
"Drawn by S.E. Brown."--text, bottom left margin. "Lith. of Sharp & Peirce 251 Washington St. Boston."--text, bottom right margin. "Published by Benjn. Rivers, Winnisimmet Street near the Ferry, Chelsea, August 1848."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 41.59 x 56.83 cm (16 3/8 x 22 3/8 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_VIEW_004410
490402
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/3947
Language
English
Subject
Chelsea (Mass.)--Pictorial works
Cities and towns--Pictorial works
Landscapes--Pictorial works
Mystic River (Mass.)--Pictorial works
Rivers--Pictorial works
Ships--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1825-1850. (gmgpc)
Views. (gmgpc)
Place
Chelsea (Mass.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
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The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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