View of the city of Boston from Dorchester heights / painted & engraved by Robt. Havell ; coloured by Havell & Spearing. – Historic Photograph Print
(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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View of the city of Boston from Dorchester heights / painted & engraved by Robt. Havell ; coloured by Havell & Spearing.
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Seen from the heights of Dorchester, this aquatint takes in the harbor and the town of Boston in one wide sweep, a vantage point tied to the Revolutionary War. In March 1776, American forces under George Washington fortified the hills south of the city, and their artillery placed there forced the British to abandon Boston that same month. Robert Havell's view, issued in New York around 1841, looks back on that moment from a later era, when the city's waterfront had grown dense with shipping and buildings. Its hand-applied color and bird's-eye perspective make it a useful record of the harbor as it appeared in the early 1840s.
| 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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