Front of Boston Library, Franklin place – Historic Print
![Front of Boston Library, Franklin place, [between 1803 and 1827] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/06/064959ee5c12-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Front of Boston Library, Franklin place, a historic drawing rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Front of Boston Library, Franklin place
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The drawing shows the front of the Boston Athenaeum's earlier home on Franklin Place, a detail that sets it apart from the city views that usually hang beside it. Architectural drawings of this kind were used to plan and record buildings, so the partial elevation here is a working document rather than a picture meant for the public. The sheet is in ink, graphite, and wash, and its verso carries calculations and a provenance stamp, which suggests it passed through more than one set of hands. It has sometimes been credited to Charles Bulfinch, the Boston architect of the period, though that attribution has not been confirmed.
| Created / published | [between 1803 and 1827] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink, graphite, and wash on paper. |
| Genre | Architectural drawings 1800-1830.Elevations 1800-1830. |
| Notes | Inscription on verso (page 6) includes calculations and provenance stamp. Drawing has not been definitively attributed to Bulfinch, but has sometimes been credited to him. In: The Bulfinch sketchbook. Title from item. Partial elevation. Copy negative of verso (page 6) shows near complete bleed-through of recto including urns covered by thin paper on recto. |
| Subjects | Libraries--Massachusetts--Boston--1800-1830. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,282 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-117123 |
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