[Photogravure illustrations in Boston souvenir]

Item Information

Title:
[Photogravure illustrations in Boston souvenir]
Description:
"16 photogravure illustrations, 15 from photographs of Boston, 1 from art. The plates appear to be varnished. Pollock, in his introduction to his publications, stated that the photogravures contained within were from copper plates. These plates were printed differently from anyone else's in the United States in that they were on very highly glazed paper that produced a unique print surface."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 123
Contributor:
Pollock, Charles, 1832-1910
Date:
1895
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photogravures
Location:
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library
Collection (local):
David A. Hanson Collection of the History of Photomechanical Reproduction
Subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
Boston Harbor (Mass.)
Bunker Hill Monument (Boston, Mass.)
Faneuil Hall (Boston, Mass.)
Old State House (Boston, Mass.)
Massachusetts State House (Boston, Mass.)
Boston Common (Boston, Mass.)
King's Chapel (Boston, Mass.)
Christ Church (Boston, Mass.)
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
16 photomechanical prints : photogravures ; 14 x 20 cm
Link to Item:
http://maca.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p1325coll1,4342
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Boston, Mass. : Charles Pollock, 1895
Language:
English
Notes:
Forms part of the David A. Hanson Collection of the History of Photomechanical Reproduction
In: Boston souvenir : a collection of photogravures with full descriptions of historical and picturesque subjects in Boston and vicinity. Boston, Mass. : Charles Pollock, 1895 -- "The views are copper plate prints, direct reproductions from the best photographic negatives ever made of the subjects"--preface -- Title supplied by cataloger
Identifier:
D.A.H.Cat., 1895:8
NE2606 B682