Original 1853 Engraved Architectural Views 16 BOSTON CHURCHES Pastors Portraits For Sale

Original 1853 Engraved Architectural Views 16 BOSTON CHURCHES Pastors Portraits

Originalantique large-formatsheets with woodblock engraved illustrations and descriptive text on 16Boston churches, printed more than 160yearsago.Each sheet measures a generous 15" x 10-1/2" and includes anarchitectural view ofa church, a portrait of its pastor, and text by the ReverendLuther Farnham, published as part of a series titled "Boston Pulpit" inGleason'sPictorial Drawing-Room Companion between August and November,1853. The specificsubjects included in this collection are as follows:

• No. 6: SecondUniversalist Church, School Street, with portraitof Reverend Alonzo A. Miner


• No. 7: The First Church, Chauncy Place,with portraitof Reverend Rufus Ellis


• No. 8: South Congregational Church, Corner ofWashington and Castle Streets, with portraitof Reverend Frederick D. Huntington


• No. 9: Warren Street Chapel, withportraitof Reverend Charles F. Barnard


• No. 10: Park Street Church, withportraitof Reverend Andrew L. Stone


• No. 11: Christ Church, Salem Street,with portraitof Reverend William T. Smithett


• No. 12: Bethel Church, North Square,with portraitof Reverend Edward T. Taylor


• No. 13: Mount Vernon Church, Ashburton Place,with portraitof Reverend Edward N. Kirk


• No. 14: South Baptist Church, Broadway, SouthBoston, with portraitof Reverend George W. Bosworth


• No. 15: Maverick Congregational Church, EastBoston, with portraitof Reverend Rufus W. Clark


• No. 16: First Universalist Church, HanoverStreet, with portraitof Reverend Sebastian Streeter


• No. 17: Bromfield Street Church, withportraitof Reverend Joseph Cummings


• No. 18: West Church, Lynde Street,with portraitof Reverend Charles Lowell, D.D.


• No. 20: Saint Paul's Church, Tremont Street,with portraitof Reverend Alexander H. Vinton, D.D.


• No. 21: Fifth Universalist Church, WarrenStreet, with portraitof Reverend Otis A. Skinner


• No. 22: First Baptist Church, Corner ofHanover and Union Streets, with portraitof Reverend Rollin H. Neale, D.D.

Luther Farnham was an ordained pastor andresident of Boston from 1845until his death in 1897. He had been assistant editor of of ChristianAllianceand was instrumental in the establishment of the General TheologicalLibrary onBeacon Hill.His "Boston Pulpit" series provides an excellent historical backgroundon these 16 Boston churches. There had evidently been other titles inthe series, butthese 16 are the only ones that we have.Condition: They are all in very good condition,with no marks, rips, or tears. The scans below givea closerlook at some of the are all authentic original, 1853 publications, notreproductions or modern reprints, and they are fully guaranteed to begenuine. We are pleased to offer all 16 as one lot withour unconditional, money-back guarantee.

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