Cleopatra's Barge, the Great Boston Sleigh, Passing the Norfolk House, Roxbury.

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• PUBLISHER: Published by Ballou's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion.

• MEDIUM: Wood engraving with modern hand color,

  DATE: c. 1855.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 13 1/4 x 20 3/4 (337 x 528mm)" plus title and margins.

• DESCRIPTION: An image from a 19th century periodical in the same vein as Harper's Weekly. Fun details of how people enjoyed the snow. Cleopatra’s Barge, filled with people, is pulled by a team of eight horses. All the horses depicted wear sleigh bells belted around their middles. A dog runs alongside while two children with their sleds look on.

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• CONDITION: Good condition. Vertical paper fold in center as issued.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Town Views - United States , Massachusetts - Boston