Vuë de Boston. Prospect von Boston gegen der Bucht am Hasen Vuë de Boston vers le Cale du Port / gravé par Francois Xav. Habermann. – Historic 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 Vuë de Boston. Prospect von Boston gegen der Bucht am Hasen Vuë de Boston vers le Cale du Port / gravé par Francois Xav. Habermann. brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Vuë de Boston. Prospect von Boston gegen der Bucht am Hasen Vuë de Boston vers le Cale du Port / gravé par Francois Xav. Habermann.
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This view shows Boston's harbor and waterfront, with the shipping and quays that made the town one of the busiest ports in British North America. The bilingual German and French title suggests it was printed for a broad European market, in Augsburg, a south German city that was a major center for engraved city views in the eighteenth century. The date is given only as 177-, placing it sometime in the 1770s, a decade when Boston was at the center of the growing dispute between colonists and Britain. Hand coloring was common on prints like this, and it adds to their appeal as a record of how distant readers pictured the town.
| Medium | 1 print : etching, hand-colored. |
|---|---|
| Notes | Augsbourg : [s.n., 177-] |
| Subjects | Ships--Massachusetts--Boston--1770-1780. Harbors--Massachusetts--Boston--1770-1780. Waterfronts--Massachusetts--Boston--1770-1780. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,188 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-112944 |
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