Old Gore Hall Library

Old Gore Hall Library

Item Information

Title:
Old Gore Hall Library
Title (alt.):
Old Gore Hall Library (Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.)
Engraver:
Nason, Thomas W. (Thomas Willoughby), 1889-1971
Name on Item:
T W Nason
Date:
1948
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Wood engravings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Nason C&F 421-437 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Thomas W. Nason (1889-1971). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Libraries
Harvard University
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Cambridge
Harvard University
Extent:
1 print : wood engraving ; image 4 x 6 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/kk91gw21c
Terms of Use:
Copyright (c) Thomas W. Nason
All rights reserved.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Alternative title from item or from accompanying material.
Comstock and Fletcher number: 437.
From catalogue raisonné: Few proofs. The old Gore Hall Library at Harvard University stood in Harvard Yard from 1841 to 1913. It occupied part of the site of the presentday Widener Library. Nason's print shows the original building of 1841-1876 before additions and alterations. The Harvard series of wood engravings, commissioned by David McCord on behalf of a number of Harvard projects, were based on photographs provided by McCord.
Handwritten on item: Old Gore Hall Library.
Notes (acquisition):
Purchase; Merrill Fund; July 1962
Notes (date):
Date from item or from accompanying material.
Notes (citation):
Comstock, Francis Adams and Fletcher, William D., "The Work of Thomas W. Nason, N.A." (Boston, Boston Public Library, 1977)
Notes (object):
From supporting material: Published.
Identifier:
15_05_000430