View of the city of Boston from Breeds Hill in Charlestown / del. & engraved by S. Hill. – Antique Photo Print
![View of the city of Boston from Breeds Hill in Charlestown / del. & engraved by S. Hill., [1791?] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2c/2cc09be22adf-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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A window into the past: View of the city of Boston from Breeds Hill in Charlestown / del. & engraved by S. Hill., preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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View of the city of Boston from Breeds Hill in Charlestown / del. & engraved by S. Hill.
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From the summit of Breeds Hill in Charlestown, this view looks across the water toward Boston, a vantage point with particular resonance because the hill was the site of the battle of June 17, 1775. The etching was published as a plate in *The Massachusetts Magazine*, a monthly issued in Boston by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews in the early 1790s. The designer and engraver, S. Hill, gives the harbor and waterfront a central place, so the print works as both a town portrait and a record of the port's maritime life.
| Created / published | [1791?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1790-1800.Marines (Visual works) 1790-1800.Cityscape prints 1790-1800.Etchings 1790-1800. |
| Notes | Title from item. Illus. from: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, [1791?]. |
| Subjects | Waterfronts--Massachusetts--Boston--1790-1800. Harbors--Massachusetts--Boston--1790-1800. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 893 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-131213 |
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