Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion
View of Houston, Capital of Texas

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • View of Houston, Capital of Texas
Datec. 1852
Place depictedHouston, Texas, United States
PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
MediumHand-colored wood engraving
DimensionsImage: 5 × 6 in. (12.7 × 15.2 cm)
Sheet: 5 3/4 × 6 1/4 in. (14.6 × 15.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.71.51
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionThis imaginary view of Houston, published in the Boston periodical Gleason’s Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, depicts a fanciful view of landscape features that do not exist. The engraving may have been adapted from another picture when an image of Houston was needed.
Provenance[The Old Print Shop, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1970; given to MFAH, 1971.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed below image: VIEW OF HOUSTON, CAPITAL OF TEXAS
[no marks]

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