The American Builder's Companion; or A New System of Architecture Particularly Adapted to the Present Style of Building in the United States of America
Artwork Details
- Title: The American Builder's Companion; or A New System of Architecture Particularly Adapted to the Present Style of Building in the United States of America
- Artist: Asher Benjamin (American, Hartland, Connecticut 1773–1845 Springfield, Massachusetts)
- Author: Daniel Raynerd (American, active late 18th–early 19th century)
- Publisher: Etheridge and Bliss (Boston and Charlestown, Massachusetts)
- Date: 1806
- Medium: Illustrations: etching and engraving
- Dimensions: 10 5/8 × 8 1/4 × 1 in. (27 × 21 × 2.5 cm)
- Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1939
- Object Number: 39.67.1
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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