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Lot Essay
Label on the reverse states from the Wilde collection.
Located fourteen miles north of Boston and surrounded on three sides by the Atlantic ocean, Nahant very early in its history became a maritime community. Thomas Handyside Perkins, a prominent Boston businessman, built a hotel in Nahant in 1823; by 1840, the town was an oceanside resort. The Nahant Hotel was also depicted in picture books and on Staffordshire plates. In Ballou's Pictorial, July 1855 the hotel is pictured and described "Hitherto the hotel has always been well patronized, but although well kept by Mr. Drew, it was not extensive enough for the accommodation of the public. Col. Stevens, of the Revere, so soon as he came into possession of it, enlarged and fitted it up throughout in the most sumptuous manner. It now possesses every requirement of comfort and luxury." The hotel burned in 1866 and by the end of the 19th century, the town of Nahant shifted its focus away from hotels and towards private residences.
Located fourteen miles north of Boston and surrounded on three sides by the Atlantic ocean, Nahant very early in its history became a maritime community. Thomas Handyside Perkins, a prominent Boston businessman, built a hotel in Nahant in 1823; by 1840, the town was an oceanside resort. The Nahant Hotel was also depicted in picture books and on Staffordshire plates. In Ballou's Pictorial, July 1855 the hotel is pictured and described "Hitherto the hotel has always been well patronized, but although well kept by Mr. Drew, it was not extensive enough for the accommodation of the public. Col. Stevens, of the Revere, so soon as he came into possession of it, enlarged and fitted it up throughout in the most sumptuous manner. It now possesses every requirement of comfort and luxury." The hotel burned in 1866 and by the end of the 19th century, the town of Nahant shifted its focus away from hotels and towards private residences.