1838
Prints: Boston, Ma.: Views of the City
GUSN-198225
This engraving is a detailed, sunlit view of Boston and its harbor from Dorchester Heights. The foreground shows the American flag on the right and people milling about the small, grassy knolls.
distant views
capital cities
harbors
engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)
Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR6
1 engraving
GC002
Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
1921-12-13
GC002.01.MA.0650.007
Gift
11 x 8 1/2 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of Miss Virginia Stockwell, 1921
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Bartlett, William Henry, 1809-1854 (Artist)
Willmore, James Tibbetts, 1800-1863 (Engraver)
Virtue, George, 1793?-1868 (Publisher)
engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)
Handwritten note on item record: "hand-colored state [short, illegible word] same plate exists in: Dorchester Heights file as #340
Excellent
Item
Prints: Boston, Ma.: Views of the City
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