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Hodgdon, Sylvester Phelps. (1830-1906). SIGNED ETCHING BY SYLVESTER PHELPS HODGDON OF BOSTON'S CHRIST CHURCH, FROM WHICH THE FAMOUS "ONE IF BY LAND, AND TWO IF BY SEA" SIGNAL IS MEANT TO HAVE BEEN SENT. Boston: circa 1880. 1880. Fine - Small quarto. The sepia-toned etching on a cream background, is 6-1/4 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide on a sheet that is approximately 10-3/4 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide. Titled in the print at bottom left: "Christ Church" with the artist's name "S. P. Hodgdon" printed at right. Signed in pencil by the artist under the plate mark at right "S. P. Hodgdon". Fine. A beautifully composed image depicting Boston's Christ Church at the end of a street lined by a cast iron gate on a stone foundation at left and the facades of attractive buildings along the right. The Church's weathervane is depicted at the top of the steeple. Located in Salem Street, Christ Church is also known as the Old North Church. It is from this church located in the North End of Boston, that the signal "One if by land, and two if by sea" is meant to have been sent by the church's sexton Robert Newman at the behest of Paul Revere. Hodgdon was the son of a Massachusetts sea captain. After studying in Boston and New York, he worked in a studio in the Studio Building at Tremont and Park Streets for thirty years. He was a founding member of the Boston Arts Club and taught at the Boston Museum School. He traveled all over New England, painting landscapes and coastal scenes en plein air. Price:
100.00 USD
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Hodgdon, Sylvester Phelps. (1830-1906). SIGNED ETCHING BY SYLVESTER PHELPS HODGDON OF BOSTON'S CHRIST CHURCH, FROM WHICH THE FAMOUS "ONE IF BY LAND, AND TWO IF BY SEA" SIGNAL IS MEANT TO HAVE BEEN SENT. Boston: circa 1880. 1880. Fine - Small quarto. The sepia-toned etching on a cream background, is 6-1/4 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide on a sheet that is approximately 10-3/4 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide. Titled in the print at bottom left: "Christ Church" with the artist's name "S. P. Hodgdon" printed at right. Signed in pencil by the artist under the plate mark at right "S. P. Hodgdon". Fine. A beautifully composed image depicting the Boston's Christ Church at the end of a street lined by a cast iron gate on a stone foundation at left and the facades of attractive buildings along the right. The Church's weathervane is depicted at the top of the steeple. Located in Salem Street, Christ Church is also known as the Old North Church. It is from this church located in the North End of Boston, that the signal "One if by land, and two if by sea" is meant to have been sent by the church's sexton Robert Newman at the behest of Paul Revere. Hodgdon was the son of a Massachusetts sea captain. After studying in Boston and New York, he worked in a studio in the Studio Building at Tremont and Park Streets for thirty years. He was a founding member of the Boston Arts Club and taught at the Boston Museum School. He traveled all over New England, painting landscapes and coastal scenes en plein air. Price:
100.00 USD
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Hodgdon, Sylvester Phelps. (1830-1906). SIGNED ETCHING OF BOSTON'S COURT STREET BY SYLVESTER PHELPS HODGDON. Boston: 1888. 1888. Very good - Small quarto. The sepia-toned etching on a cream background, is 6-3/4 inches high by 4-3/8 inches wide on a sheet that is approximately 10-3/4 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide. Titled in the print at bottom left: "Court St." with the artist's name "S. P. Hodgdon" and the date "88" printed at right. Signed in pencil by the artist under the plate mark at right "S. P. Hodgdon". The borders of the sheet are slightly toned. Very good. A beautifully composed image depicting the facade of the buildings lining Court Street with the attractive facade of a cuppola-topped building angled along the curving street. Located in Boston's financial district, Court Street was so named in 1888 after its prior incarnations as Prison Lane and later Queen Street. Most of the buildings along the street were destroyed in the 1960's to make space for Government Center. Hodgdon was the son of a Massachusetts sea captain. After studying in Boston and New York, he worked in a studio in the Studio Building at Tremont and Park Streets for thirty years. He was a founding member of the Boston Arts Club and taught at the Boston Museum School. He traveled all over New England, painting landscapes and coastal scenes en plein air. Price:
75.00 USD
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Hodgdon, Sylvester Phelps. (1830-1906). SIGNED ETCHING OF BOSTON'S OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE BY SYLVESTER PHELPS HODGDON. Boston: circa 1880. 1880. Very good - Small quarto. The sepia-toned etching on a cream background, is 6-1/8 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide on a sheet that is approximately 10-3/4 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide. Titled in the print at bottom right: "Old South" with the artist's name "S. P. Hodgdon" printed at left. Signed in pencil by the artist under the plate mark at right "S. P. Hodgdon". The verso of the print is darkened. Very good. A beautifully composed image depicting the rising steeple and facade of the church which became the Old South Meeting House, centered at left along a row of buildings. A partly viewed advertisement adorns the facade of the building at front left. Carriages and a trolley are depicted among the people out strolling along the street. Located in the Downtown Crossing area of Boston, the church known as the Old South Meeting House became the site of meetings after the 1770 Boston Massacre. It gained fame as the organizing point of the Boston Tea Party, when following a meeting of 5,000 people to debate British taxation, a group raided a nearby tea ship.The British occupied and gutted the meeting house in 1775, adding insult to injury by filling in its floor with dirt on which to practice their horse riding skills. The building was saved from the Great Boston Fire of 1872 by the arrival of a fire engine from New Hampshire. Hodgdon was the son of a Massachusetts sea captain. After studying in Boston and New York, he worked in a studio in the Studio Building at Tremont and Park Streets for thirty years. He was a founding member of the Boston Arts Club and taught at the Boston Museum School. He traveled all over New England, painting landscapes and coastal scenes en plein air. Price:
100.00 USD
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Hodgdon, Sylvester Phelps. (1830-1906). SIGNED ETCHING OF BOSTON'S OLD TRINITY CHURCH, BEFORE THE BOSTON FIRE OF 1872, BY SYLVESTER PHELPS HODGDON. Boston: circa 1880. 1880. Fine - Small quarto. The sepia-toned etching on a cream background, is 6-1/8 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide on a sheet that is approximately 10-3/4 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide. Titled in the print at bottom left: "Trinity Church from Winter St." with the artist's name "S. P. Hodgdon" printed at right. Signed in pencil by the artist under the plate mark at right "S. P. Hodgdon". Fine. A beautifully composed image depicting the stone facade of Boston's Old Trinity Church towering over the handsome buildings lining the street. Awnings sprout from the occasional shop as residents are depicted ambling and strolling along the street. Located on Summer Street, the church is here depicted from Winter Street. This Episcopal church where George Washington worshipped in 1789 was destroyed by the Great Boston Fire of 1872. Hodgdon was the son of a Massachusetts sea captain. After studying in Boston and New York, he worked in a studio in the Studio Building at Tremont and Park Streets for thirty years. He was a founding member of the Boston Arts Club and taught at the Boston Museum School. He traveled all over New England, painting landscapes and coastal scenes en plein air. Price:
100.00 USD
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Hodgdon, Sylvester Phelps. (1830-1906). SIGNED ETCHING OF BOSTON'S STATE STREET, ONE OF BOSTON'S OLDEST STREETS, BY SYLVESTER PHELPS HODGDON. Boston: circa 1880. 1880. Good - Small quarto. The sepia-toned etching on a dark tan background, is 6-3/4 inches high by 5-5/8 inches wide on a sheet that is approximately 10-3/4 inches high by 7 inches wide. Titled in the print at bottom right: "State St." with the artist's name "S. P. Hodgdon" printed at left. Signed in pencil by the artist under the plate mark at right "S. P. Hodgdon". The sheet was originally a lighter cream color and has aged to a dark tan. A beautifully composed image depicting the facade of the buildings lining the broad avenue that is State Street with the handsome Old State House building splitting the street near the end. Located in Boston's financial district, State Street is one of Boston's oldest streets. Originally named King Street, it was the scene of the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770. Hodgdon was the son of a Massachusetts sea captain. After studying in Boston and New York, he worked in a studio in the Studio Building at Tremont and Park Streets for thirty years. He was a founding member of the Boston Arts Club and taught at the Boston Museum School. He traveled all over New England, painting landscapes and coastal scenes en plein air. Price:
75.00 USD
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Hodgdon, Sylvester Phelps. (1830-1906). SIGNED ETCHING OF BOSTON'S TRINITY CHURCH ON COPLEY SQUARE BY SYLVESTER PHELPS HODGDON. Boston: 1888. 1888. Fine - Small quarto. The sepia-toned etching on a cream background, is 6-1/8 inches high by 4-5/8 inches wide on a sheet that is approximately 10-3/4 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide. Titled in the print at bottom right: "Trinity Church" with the artist's name "S. P. Hodgdon" and the date "1888" printed at left. Signed in pencil by the artist under the plate mark at right "S. P. Hodgdon". Fine. A beautifully composed image depicting Trinity Church with its peaked clay roof and towers rising up at the end of the street lined with trees and buildings behind a wall. Located in Copley Square in Boston's Back Bay, the church and parish house were designed by the architect Henry Hobson Richardson under the direction of the church's rector Philip Brooks. Contruction began after Trinity Church's former site on Summer Street burned in Boston's great fire of 1872. Construction went on until 1877. Hodgdon was the son of a Massachusetts sea captain. After studying in Boston and New York, he worked in a studio in the Studio Building at Tremont and Park Streets for thirty years. He was a founding member of the Boston Arts Club and taught at the Boston Museum School. He traveled all over New England, painting landscapes and coastal scenes en plein air. Price:
100.00 USD
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