Mammoth Cod Quick Step

Thomas Moore Lithography, Boston (1836–1841)

1839

Medium/TechniqueLithograph

DimensionsSheet: 36.8 x 27.9 cm (14 1/2 x 11 in.)

Credit LineErnest Wadsworth Longfellow Fund

Accession number2013.1861

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InscriptionsIn stone, above image: Mammoth Cod Quick Step, In stone, below image, at right: T. Moore’s Lithogy. Boston. In stone, below image: As performed by the / Boston Brigade Bend, / Composed & Respectfully dedicated to the / Members of the Mammoth Cod Association, / by / B. A. Burditt. / Arranged for the Piano Forte by / H. P. Monroe. / Boston. / Published by Henry Prentiss, No. 33 Court Street. Opposite the new Court House. / Entered according to Act of Congress by Henry Prentiss, in the year 1839 in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

ProvenanceBy 2013, with Peter Luke Americana, New Baltimore, New York; 2013, sold by Peter Luke Americana to the MFA. (Accession date: December 18, 2013)