Lithograph

Title:

House of Reformation for Juvenile and Female Offenders Against the Laws

Object Name:

Lithograph

Object ID:

1995.590.15

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. Pencil writing on the front underneath the text block: "1191" with line underneath. Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-14.95 W-20.4 inches

Provenance:

From booklet, "First Annual Report of the Commissioners for Locating and Building House of Reformation for Juvenile and Female Offenders Against the Laws," published in Concord, 1856.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Kramer, Sebastian

Subjects:

House of Reformation, Manchester NH, Reform, Reformatories