Interior view of Mercantile Library, Boston

Item Information

Title:
Interior view of Mercantile Library, Boston
Description:
This engraving shows gentlemen using the Mercantile Library, reading the news from locations all over the country. Other men are seated at tables, chatting or reading books.
Delineator:
Warren, Asa Coolidge, 1819-1904
Date:
1851–1861
Format:
Prints
Genre:
prints (visual works)
line engravings (prints)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
GC002: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
Subjects:
interior views
libraries (buildings)
books
newspapers
Subscription libraries
Summer Street (Boston, Mass.)
Mercantile Library Association (Boston, Mass.)
Boston Public Library
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 newspaper line engravings
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/198789
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of the Boston Athenaeum, 1918
Identifier:
198789
Call #:
GC002.01.MA.3200.001