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Creator(s)
Sarony & Major.
Contributor(s)
Pitman, Joseph.
Ralston, Florence.
Sprague, William.
Title
Rhode
Island
Industrial
Exhibition
Diploma
.
Link to library catalog record
http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=420121
Date
[1873]
.
Publisher
New
York
:
Lith
. of
Sarony
&
Major
.
Physical Description
1
print
:
lithograph
,
tinted
;
image
23.4
x
38.5
,
sheet
42.9
x
50.8
cm
.
Summary
Three
scenes
representative
of the
three
sections
into
which
the
city
of
Providence
is
divided
by the
rivers
flowing
through
it
. The
left
scene
shows
a
man
with a
hammer
seated
beside
an
anvil
.
Behind
him
is
the
Providence
River
and the
West
Side
of the
city
. The
central
scene
,
framed
by
four
Ionic
columns
supporting
a
pediment
on
which
stands
the
figure
of
Hope
,
shows
The
Cove
and
East
Side
of
Providence
. The
righthand
scene
is
of the
pastoral
10th
ward
. A
woman
sits
on
sheaves
of
wheat
, a
plow
at her
feet
,
cows
in the
background
.
Text
reads
: "At the
/
Rhode
Island
Industrial
Exhibition
/
of the the
Rhode
Island
Society
for the
Encouragement
of
Domestic
Industry
.
/
This
Diploma
was
awarded
to
/
[handwritten
text
from here
on]
Florence
M
.
Ralston
of
Providence
R.I
.
/
For
Pincushion
Tatting
/
Providence
,
September
1873
.
/
[signed]
Joseph
L
.
Pitman
/
Secretary
/
[signed]
Wm
.
Sprague
/
President
.
Graphite
inscription
on
verso
reads
:
W.E
.
Wood
/
#310
B.W
.
250
/
Friday
/
18
Westfield
Ct
.
Award
issued
in
1873
.
Gift
of
Charles
E
.
Mason
,
Jr
.
1987
.
#8777.2
.
Subject(s)
Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry--Records and Correspondence.
Industrial Exhibition (1873 : Providence, R.I.)--Awards.
Providence (R.I.)--History--19th century--Pictorial works.
Genre terms
Certificates--United States--1870-1880.
Lithographs--United States--1870-1880.
Location/Call number
Prints and Photographs Dept. (Appointment required) C B65P94 As.r.1873
Provenance
Mason, Charles E. donor.
Source
448_80.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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