STEREOVIEW with caption: "Interior Faneuil Hall, (1)." Featured is the large painting: Webster Replying to Senator Hayne.

At right side of mount: "Allen, ... Photographer, No. 6 Temple Place, Boston." According to A Directory of Massachusetts Photographers 1839-1900, by Chris Steele and Ron Polito, this would be Edward L. Allen who was at 6 Temple Place in Boston from 1866 -1871.

SIZE. Approximately 3 3/8 x 6 13/16 inches.

CONDITION. Left side: Some soiling. Scratch at upper left. Right side: Some soiling. Scratch on the large painting. Mount: Missing lower right corner. Heavy wear at other corners and around edges. Front has soiling. Back has soiling, heavy discoloration, and lots of scratches and surface wear.

APPEARANCE. The paintings are on the dark side. Otherwise, very good tones. Very good depth of field. Nice composition. 

THE GREAT HALL. "For more than 275 years, The Great Hall in Faneuil Hall has been the site of meetings, protests, and debate on the most important issues of the day. Because Revolutionary-era meetings and protests took place so frequently at the hall, successive generations continued to gather at the Hall in their own struggles over the meaning and legacy of American liberty. Abolitionists, women’s suffragists, and labor unionists name just the largest of groups who have held protests, meetings, and debates at Faneuil Hall." (source: America's Summer Roadtrip website)

THE PAINTING. "The large featured painting is Webster Replying to Senator Hayne. This centerpiece painting in the Great Hall at Faneuil Hall, was executed by artist George Peter Alexander Healy from 1843-1850. The largest painting in the Hall's collection, it depicts Massachusetts Senator Daniel Webster debating with South Carolina Senator Robert Y. Hayne on preserving the Union when the country was on the brink of the Civil War." (source: Wikimedia Commons)