Massachusetts General Hospital / J.R. Penniman, del. ; A. Bowen. – Historic Print
![Massachusetts General Hospital / J.R. Penniman, del. ; A. Bowen., [1828] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/93/939a1a8fc887-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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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of Massachusetts General Hospital / J.R. Penniman, del. ; A. Bowen.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Massachusetts General Hospital / J.R. Penniman, del. ; A. Bowen.
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The Massachusetts General Hospital, shown here in an 1828 engraving, was chartered in 1811 and opened on Fruit Street in 1821 in a building designed by Charles Bulfinch, Boston's leading architect of the period. A. Bowen published the plate as an illustration in the second edition of Caleb Hopkins Snow's *A History of Boston*, a survey of the city from its origins to the late 1820s. Its place in a civic history reflects how central the hospital had become to the city's sense of itself. The print's orderly rendering of the brick façade is worth a closer look.
| Created / published | [1828] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1820-1830.Engravings 1820-1830. |
| Notes | Illus. in: A history of Boston, the metropolis of Massachusetts, from its origin to the present period, 2d ed. / Caleb Hopkins Snow. Boston: A. Bowen, 1828. Toner Collection. |
| Subjects | Massachusetts General Hospital--Buildings--1820-1830. Hospitals--Massachusetts--Boston--1820-1830. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,081 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-148254 |
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