Lake Chauncy
Bring a little Westborough home.
Slate Desk Plaque · 11 × 7 inches
Between opening a book and making a few notes, a small display can give the eye somewhere else to go. Lake Chauncy fills the foreground before Westborough's state-hospital buildings, giving the historical institution a setting across a broad stretch of water.
A plate published in 1891 shows Westborough's state-hospital buildings across Lake Chauncy. The lake fills the foreground, with the institution on the far shore. The image records a historical landscape and public institution; it does not imply endorsement of past treatment or an unchanged present-day setting.
This view holds lake and institution within Westborough's historical record; its value is in documenting that setting, without endorsing past medical treatment. It can sit among a few favorite books, giving the shelf a particular local subject as well as something to read.
$35.20
- Selected option
- 7" x 11"
- SKU
- FH-BULK-AVG-AVA-B2-026-5344-243923-COLOR-R1
Add a local view to your desk
Historical sources
Source credit and attribution
Source: https://archive.org/details/historyofwestbor01defo/page/n50/mode/1up
About the artwork
Product details and care
Size/capacity: 11 × 7 inches
Care: Handle carefully; wipe gently with a soft, dry cloth. Indoor use.
Supplier specifications: https://printify.com/app/products/5344/generic-brand/slate-desk-plaque
Original product information and credits
Lake Chauncy
7 × 11 in Slate Desk Plaque
AI-assisted controlled-color interpretation. Original source unchanged. Fine detail and color are interpretive. No institutional endorsement.
Source: Photographer/artist not individually credited; book by Heman Packard DeForest and Edward Craig Bates; Library of Congress copy digitized by Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/historyofwestbor01defo/page/n50/mode/1up.
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