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[Meeting house (Hollis Street, Boston, Mass.). Plan and perspective] – Vintage Wall Art

[Meeting house (Hollis Street, Boston, Mass.). Plan and perspective], [between 1803 and 1827] — historic drawing
[Meeting house (Hollis Street, Boston, Mass.). Plan and perspective], [between 1803 and 1827]. Historic drawing from the Boston National Historic Park collection.

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Page eight of the Bulfinch sketchbook pairs a ground plan with an east view of the meeting house on Hollis Street, so the drawing records both the layout and the exterior of one specific Boston church. The sketch is pen, wash, and pencil, and it dates from roughly 1803 to 1827. The Library attributes the sheets to the Bulfinch sketchbook, but the drawing has not been definitively linked to Charles Bulfinch, the Boston architect who was active in the city during these years. Hollis Street Church was a long-established Congregational congregation, and drawings like this one were valued as records of local buildings whose appearance changed over time.

Created / published[between 1803 and 1827]
Medium2 drawings (1 sheet) : ink, wash, and graphite.
Genre1997."
NotesInscription on page eight of Bulfinch Sketch Book: Ground plat & East view of the Meeting house in Hollis Street Boston." In: The Bulfinch sketchbook. Title devised by Library staff. Drawing has not been definitively attributed to Bulfinch
SubjectsHollis Street Church (Boston, Mass.)--1800-1830. Churches--Massachusetts--Boston--1800-1830.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,229 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-117310

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