Antique Print Description

Details:

• Title: Massachusetts - The Bay State
• Type: Original Antique Wood Engraved Print
• Publication: Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, Boston, MA.
• Date: 1856 (During this time period, Ballou's did not place the date on each page as newspapers typically do.)
• Artist: Hammatt Billings (stated in text)
• Grade: Very good with mild age toning, mild staining in lower margin.
• Size: 11" x 15" (full page with Ballou's intricate masthead at the top and descriptive text).

Item Description:
This is an original antique wood engraved print published in Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion (1856). It measures 11" x 15" with wide margins, perfect for framing.

Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion was a 19th-century illustrated periodical published in Boston, Massachusetts. The magazine was founded by Frederick Gleason in 1851. It became Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion in 1855, after managing editor Maturin Murray Ballou bought out the interest of Gleason. The magazine absorbed the Illustrated News of New York in 1853. Many aspiring American artists, such as Winslow Homer, began as illustrators for the newspaper.

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