Call Number:

PH-02218

Collection Name:

Homes of American Statesmen...

No. of Items:

2 items

Span Dates:

1854

Description:

Illustrated book (2 copies):
Homes of American statesmen: with anecdotical, personal and descriptive sketches, by various writers. Illustrated with engravings on wood, from drawings by Döpler and daguerreotypes; and fac-similes of autograph letters. New York: G. P. Putnam and Co.; London: S. Low, Son and Co., 1854. Both books contains a mounted salted paper print listed in the index of illustrations as "Hancock House, Boston: An original Crystallotype or Sun Picture". The handwritten inscriptions under the photograph in each copy follow.

958:0180:0001 -- "Hancock House. An Original Sun Picture";
958:0181:0001 -- "Hancock House - Boston. An original sun picture."

Access Restrictions:

This light-sensitive publication cannot be paged to the Reading and Viewing Room without curatorial permission. For additional information, please contact the Curator of Photography.

Location(s):

Curatorial permission required cop.1 (958:0180:0001)
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