Proposed Massachusetts conservatory of art, science, and historical relics [graphic] / Wm. Waud, architect, from suggestions by Wm. E. Baker. 1859.

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Proposed Massachusetts conservatory of art, science, and historical relics [graphic] / Wm. Waud, architect, from suggestions by Wm. E. Baker. 1859.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46939081

Depicts a proposed glass conservatory on the site of Boston's Public Garden in 1859. The partially developed neighborhood of the Back Bay is shown in the background.

1 print : engraving, wash ; image with text 14 x 18 cm., sheet 17 x 19 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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Waud, William, -1878

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The architect of this proposed building, William Waud, received his architectural training in England where he assisted Sir Joseph Paxton in the designing of the Crystal Palace (1851). He immigrated to the United States in 1855 and relocated to Boston in 1856 where he was listed in the Boston Directory as a "designer" from 1857-1859. He achieved success as a Civil War illustrator for Harper's Weekly and Frank Leslie's Ilustrated Weekly. William Emerson Baker was a wealthy Boston ent...

Baker, William M. (William Mumford), 1825-1883

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