Lithograph
- Title:
- House of Reformation For Juvenile and Female Offenders Against the Laws
- Object Name:
- Lithograph
- Object ID:
- 1967.067.09
- Creator:
- Kramer, Sebastian, & Company
- Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- 1856
- Description:
- Lithograph of House of Reformation for Juvenile and Female Offenders Against the Laws, by Kramer & Co., 1856. Ink on paper. Artist's concept of proposed reformatory on bank of Merrimack River in Manchester, NH. Male figure wearing hat right foreground. River cuts horizontally through middle ground; sailboat on river. On bank across river, center background, large building with two wings; building has large dome, center pavilion with portico and flanked by two towers with bell-shaped roofs. Titled at bottom, "'HOUSE OF REFORMATION FOR JUVENILE AND FEMALE OFFENDERS AGAINST THE LAWS' / TO BE ERECTED FOR THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AT MANCHESTER. / Under the Direction of / HON. FREDERICK SMYTH, HON. MATTHEW HARVEY AND HON. HOSEA EATON. COMMISSIONERS. / WILLIAM R. LINCOLN AND GRIDLEY J.F. BRYANT, DESIGNERS AND ARCHITECT." "Kramer & Co.'s Lith. 20 State St. Boston." at lower right. Boston." at lower right. Matted. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-16.45 W-21.35 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dartmouth College
- Subjects:
- House of Reformation, Manchester NH, Reformatories, Reform, Lithographs
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