View of the city of Boston from Dorchester heights / painted & engraved by Robt. Havell ; coloured by Havell & Spearing. – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic print of View of the city of Boston from Dorchester heights / painted & engraved by Robt. Havell ; coloured by Havell & Spearing. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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View of the city of Boston from Dorchester heights / painted & engraved by Robt. Havell ; coloured by Havell & Spearing.
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From the high ground of Dorchester Heights, this bird's-eye aquatint takes in Boston's harbor and waterfront as they looked around 1841. The hill is best known for March 1776, when Continental troops under George Washington fortified it overnight with artillery that threatened the British fleet, and the redcoats soon sailed out of Boston. Robert Havell, an English-born engraver known for his plates for Audubon's *Birds of America*, engraved and colored the view in New York.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Robt. Havell, 172 Fulton St., c1841 (Printed by W. Neale) |
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| Medium | 1 print : aquatint, color. |
| Genre | Bird's-eye views 1840-1850.Cityscape prints 1840-1850.Aquatints Color 1840-1850. |
| Notes | 1322 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1841 by Robt. Havell in the District Clerk's office of the United States for the Southern District of N. York. |
| Subjects | Harbors--Massachusetts--Boston--1840-1850. Boston (Mass.)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,140 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172451 |
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