Object details
Object number
10.a.2.8
Creator(s)
James R. Osgood and Company
(active Boston, 1870 - 1885)
Title
Heliotype Pictures of the Great Fire in Boston
Date
1872
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
Boston
Binding Description
half-bound in black leather; marbled paper; stamped gilded lettering on spine
Dimensions
14 x 18.4 x 0.3 cm (5 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 1/8 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Illustrated with heliograph prints by an unknown photographer.
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection after 1872.
Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Gallery
Blue Room
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