On View
Not on viewConcord Sketches
Date1869
Dimensions32 × 24.5 cm (12 5/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Kim Lishansky
Object number2024.4.2
DescriptionOne of seven photographs (1.2024.1-.7) of original drawings by May Alcott, part of the publication, "Concord Sketches: consisting of twelve photographs from original drawings" by May Alcott (1869). This image, "Concord Sketches," is the title page of the book. "Concord Sketches" is written at the top, center of a wreath with leaves on the left side and grapes on the right. The center includes an image of a bridge with water flowing through, and trees and bushes on either side of the bridge. Text below the image reads, "Consisting of Twelve Photographs from Original Drawings / by May Alcott". Below the wreath is the text, "BOSTON / FIELDS. OSGOOD & CO. / 1869."