Lowell House Tower

Lowell House Tower

Item Information

Title:
Lowell House Tower
Title (alt.):
Lowell House Tower (Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.)
Engraver:
Nason, Thomas W. (Thomas Willoughby), 1889-1971
Name on Item:
T W Nason
Date:
1949
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Wood engravings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Nason C&F 438-455 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Thomas W. Nason (1889-1971). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Universities & colleges
Towers
Harvard University
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Cambridge
Harvard University
Extent:
1 print : wood engraving ; image 14 x 7 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/kk91gw45z
Terms of Use:
Copyright (c) Thomas W. Nason
All rights reserved.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Alternative title from item or from accompanying material.
Comstock and Fletcher number: 449.
From catalogue raisonné: Few proofs. There are also proofs with a round arched frame, which begins at the left and right edges of the design, above the engraved lines in the sky, and curves over the tower. Comstock and Fletcher numbers 449-458 and 463 were commissioned to illustrate the book Education, Bricks and Mortar published by Harvard in 1949.
Handwritten on item: Lowell House.
Notes (acquisition):
Purchase; Merrill Fund, July 1962
Notes (date):
Date from item or from accompanying material.
Notes (citation):
Comstock, Francis Adams and Fletcher, William D., "The Work of Thomas W. Nason, N.A." (Boston, Boston Public Library, 1977)
Notes (object):
From supporting material: Published.
Identifier:
15_05_000442