A south east view of the great town of Boston in New England in America / I. Carwitham sculp. – Antique Photo Print
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A south east view of the great town of Boston in New England in America / I. Carwitham sculp.
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Seen from the southeast, this view takes in Boston's crowded waterfront, where wharves and warehouses ran out into the harbor and anchored ships show how much of the town's life depended on the sea. The engraving was made by I. Carwitham and issued by Carington Bowles, a London map and print seller, so it was likely aimed at English buyers curious about a distant colonial port. The library's subject headings link it to the Revolutionary War, but the picture dates from the decades before that conflict, when Boston was already one of the busiest ports in British America.
| Created / published | [between 1730 and 1760?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Etchings Hand-colored 1730-1760. |
| Notes | Title from item. Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. No. 34. 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. 496. |
| Subjects | Waterfronts--Massachusetts--Boston--1730-1760. Piers & wharves--Massachusetts--Boston--1730-1760. Harbors--Massachusetts--Boston--1730-1760. Boston (Mass.)--1730-1760. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,902 × 4,014 px · prints to 20 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 04612u A south east view of the great town of Boston in New England in America I. Carwitham sculp. |
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