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View of the new jail for Suffolk County, in the state of Massachusetts, erecting by the city of Boston upon Charles & North Grove Sts. : 1848 Josiah Quincy Jr. Mayor

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Title: View of the new jail for Suffolk County, in the state of Massachusetts, erecting by the city of Boston upon Charles & North Grove Sts. : 1848 Josiah Quincy Jr. Mayor
Creator: Bryant, Gridley James Fox, 1816-1899 (architect)
Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1874, artist
J.H. Bufford's Lith., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1843
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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 an eye-level street view of the Suffolk County Jail in Boston, Massachusetts, with trees and buildings in the distance.
Probable date based on item title. "G.J.F. Bryant, Architect."--text, bottom right margin. "H. Billings del."--text, bottom left margin. "J.H. Bufford's Lith. Boston"--text, bottom right margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 46.67 x 66.36 cm (18 3/8 x 26 1/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_POL_001040
399854
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1419
Language: English
Subject: Boston (Mass.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works
Suffolk County (Mass.). Prisons--Pictorial works
Public buildings--Pictorial works
Correctional institutions--Pictorial works
Architecture--Details--Pictorial works
Lithographs--1825-1850. (gmgpc)
Views. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Politics & Social Issues
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The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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