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Title
Cambridge on the Charles. ; Charlestown on the Charles. ; Whittier birthplace, Haverhill, Mass. ; A bridge, Newton Lower Falls
Creator
Metz, Aug. C., artist
L. Prang & Co., printer
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1893
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
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.)
Identifier
priJLC_PRG_002063
479507
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/3359
Language
English
Subject
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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