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Our New England

American
1892 (copyrighted 1890)

Medium/Technique Photo-mechanical relief process (half tone)
Dimensions Sheet: 28.1 × 35.8 cm (11 1/16 × 14 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Boston Engraving Co.
Accession NumberM8371
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionProof

This half tone reproduces a "Gilbo Gravure" (photogravure) image issued in Mabie Hamilton Wright. Our New England. Her Nature Described by Mabie Hamilton Wright and Some of Her Familiar Scenes Illustrated (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1892).
Marks Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
InscriptionsLower left, in letterpress: Our New England
Lower right, in letterpress: Copyrighted by Roberts Bros., 1890.
At lower center, in letterpress: Reproduced from photograph by the "half tone" process / of / Boston Engraving Co., / 227 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.
Provenance1892, gift of Boston Engraving Company, Boston, to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: March 15, 1892)