Unknown American
View of Houston, Capital of Texas

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Publisher Unknown American

Publisher Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room CompanionBoston, 1851–1855

CultureAmerican

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View of Houston, Capital of Texas

Datec. 1852

PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States

Place depictedHouston, Texas, 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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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

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