Print (Color lithograph)

  • 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.

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    John Henry Bufford (Lithographer)

    Charles Howland Hammatt Billings (Draftsman)

    G. J. F. Bryant (Architect)

  • Place of Origin:

    Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1848

  • Materials:

    Ink; Paper (wove)

  • Techniques:

    Lithography

  • Museum Object Number:

    1973.0582


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1973.0582

Object Name

Print (Color lithograph)

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.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Library purchase

Creator (Role)

John Henry Bufford (Lithographer)
07/27/1810-10/08/1870
References: Last, The Color Explosion, pp. 47-9; Peters, America on Stone, pp. 118-27; Sally Pierce, Boston Lithography, 1825-1880 (Boston: The Boston Athenæum, 1991). Listed in New York City directories: 1835-363 152 Broadway 1836-37 114 Nassau Street 1837-38 134 Nassau Street 1838-40 136 Nassau Street, corner of Beekman Street Listed in Boston directories: 1841-42 204 Washington Street, with B. W. Thayer and J. E. Moody 1843-44 204 Washington Street, with B. W. Thayer 1845-51 204 Washington Street, with B. W. Thayer in 1851 and A. G. Dawes in 1845 1851-55 265 Washington Street 1855 260 Washington Street 1856-64 313 Washington Street 1867 34 Chauncy Street (as Bufford Brothers?) *sons continued business after 1870 1871 490 Washington Street *address through 1873 n.d. 141 Franklin Street, and 93 Washington Street

Charles Howland Hammatt Billings (Draftsman)
1818-1874

G. J. F. Bryant (Architect)

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1848

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center, left; H. Billings del.
2. Inscription; Lower center, right; J.H. Bufford's Lith Boston.
3. Inscription; Lower right; G.J.F. BRYANT, ARCHITECT.

Subjects

Building view; Landscape

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography

Dimensions (inches)

21.9 (H) , 28.1 (W) , 16.4 (Image H) , 24.5 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

55.6 (H) , 71.4 (W) , 16.4 (Image H) , 24.5 (Image W)

Publication Date

1848

Place of Publication

Boston, Massachusetts

Watermark

None

Coloring

Colored stones

Object Description

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