A view of the harbour of Boston taken from Fort Hill – Vintage Photo Print
![A view of the harbour of Boston taken from Fort Hill, [London : J.F.W. Des Barres, 1775?] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/25/25aab16f72c8-L.webp)
(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 A view of the harbour of Boston taken from Fort Hill brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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A view of the harbour of Boston taken from Fort Hill
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Fort Hill, a rise on Boston's waterfront, gives this etching its commanding view across the harbour. It was issued as part of the *Atlantic Neptune*, the naval atlas that Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres prepared for the Royal Navy and published in London between 1777 and 1781. British troops held Boston from 1775 until their evacuation in March 1776, so the view shows a town and anchorage under military control at the start of the Revolutionary War. Its link to the Navy's charts makes it useful for seeing how officers read the harbour when planning operations along the coast.
| Created / published | [London : J.F.W. Des Barres, 1775?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Landscape prints 1770-1780.Etchings 1770-1780. |
| Notes | Title from item. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... London : 1777-1781. This record contains unverified, old data from Cresswell, 1975. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 504. |
| Subjects | Military facilities--British--Massachusetts--1770-1780. Boston Harbor (Mass.)--1770-1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,038 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-123161 |
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