Pearl Street.
Contributor(s)
Leighton, George Cargill, 1826-1895, publisher.
Title
Pearl Street .
Link to library catalog record
http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=414103
Date
1872 .
Publishing details
London : Published by George C . Leighton .
Physical Description
1 print : wood engraving , b&w ; image 11.2 x 7.5 cm. , sheet 36.3 x 23.9 cm .
Summary
The ruins of Pearl Street . Detached from The Illustrated London News , v.61 , no.1735 , December 7 , 1872 , p.549 . This illustration is on the same sheet with five other wood engravings of the Great Fire at Boston in 1872 . The other illustrations are titled : Ruins of the Building where the Fire Originated ; Summer-Street Looking towards the Harbour ; View of the Ruins from Pearl Street ; Opening of safes after the Fire ; and Excitement in State-Street , Removal of Papers and Valuables . Gift of Sally Fairchild . January 1939 . #87282 .
Provenance
Fairchild , Sally , Miss . donor .
Subject(s)
Great Fire, Boston, Mass., 1872--Pictorial works. Boston (Mass.)--History--19th century--Pictorial works. Pearl Street (Boston, Mass.)--Pictorial works.
Genre terms
Wood engravings--England--1870-1880.
Location
Prints and Photographs Dept . (Appointment required) A B64B6 Hi.f.1872.r
Source
464_34.tif
Rights
Collection of the Boston Athenaeum. May not be reproduced or quoted without written permission. For more information, see http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/46
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