School Street, Boston, Massachusetts

Artist Josiah Johnson Hawes (American, 1808 - 1901)

Dateca. 1863

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 1/4 × 8 1/4 inches (26.04 × 20.96 cm)
Mount: 13 7/8 × 11 1/2 inches (35.23 × 29.21 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2018.28.9

SignedOn mount verso, top, in pencil, in unknown hand: "Hawes"

InscribedOn mount recto, lower left, in pencil: "School Street (before 1862)"

MarkingsOn mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "2.50"; On mount verso, upper right, in pencil: "14 / S1614"; On mount verso, upper right edge, in pencil: "35 Congress St - Rickard - Photo"; On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "TR285.1999"

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DescriptionImage of a cobblestone road lined with multi-story retail establishments and horse-drawn carriages. Fabric awnings and signs extend from the facades. Stacks of window shutters rest on the sidewalk lower left.Provenance

Provenance

The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2018;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.

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