A view of Boston – Historic Photo Reproduction
![A view of Boston, [London] : Published by J.F.W. DesBarres Esqr., 1779 May 19th. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/49/49a9645ffbe8-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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of A view of Boston. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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A view of Boston
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Published in London in May 1779 by J.F.W. DesBarres, this view of Boston was made after British troops had left the city in March 1776, so it looks back at a harbor the Royal Navy had recently held. It is an aquatint with etching, and it also appeared in *The Atlantic Neptune*, the large atlas of charts and coastal views that DesBarres compiled for the Royal Navy between 1777 and 1781. Prints like this one were meant to help naval officers recognize harbors and navigate unfamiliar American coasts during the Revolutionary War.
| Created / published | [London] : Published by J.F.W. DesBarres Esqr., 1779 May 19th. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : aquatint with etching. |
| Genre | Marine prints 1770-1780.Intaglio prints 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. 498. |
| Subjects | Boston Harbor (Mass.)--1770-1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,016 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-123163 |
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