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The Capitol of Massachusetts Showing the Enlargement Erected in 1853 & 1854 (Bound with: Senate. . .No. 76. Report of the Commissioners For the Enlargement of the State House)

Designer Gridley James Fox Bryant American
Lithographer J. H. Bufford & Co. American

March 13, 1854

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Four plates on thick paper, followed by 15 on thin paper, showing façades, sections and plans. Binding of decorated paper over boards with red leather corners and spine.

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Title: The Capitol of Massachusetts Showing the Enlargement Erected in 1853 & 1854 (Bound with: Senate. . .No. 76. Report of the Commissioners For the Enlargement of the State House)

Designer: Gridley James Fox Bryant (American, Boston 1816–1899 Boston)

Lithographer: J. H. Bufford & Co. (Boston, Massachusetts)

Published in: Boston

Date: March 13, 1854

Medium: Illustrations: color lithographs

Dimensions: 13 15/16 × 19 9/16 × 1/4 in. (35.4 × 49.7 × 0.7 cm)

Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952

Accession Number: 52.519.102(1-2)

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The United States and Canada, 1800-1900 A.D.

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