Image of a proof sheet for four prints of Massachusetts scenes consisting of a view of the Charlestown harbor; a stone bridge next to a cottage in Newton picturesque paths; the town of Cambridge from the Charles River; and the birthplace of poet John Greenleaf Whittier in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Registration marks visible in margins, color bar at center. "Job 1970. Aug. C. Metz, Litho. 1893."--text, artist's signature on stone, center of image. "2299"--text, handwritten in blue crayon, bottom left margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 40.64 x 57.15 cm (16 x 22 1/2 in.)
Charles River (Mass.)--Pictorial works Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works Dwellings--Pictorial works Landscapes--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Proofs. (gmgpc)
Place
Cambridge (Mass.) Charlestown (Boston, Mass.) Haverhill (Mass.) Newton (Mass.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Louis Prang Archive Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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