Boston and Bunker Hill (from the east) / W.H. Bartlett ; C. Cousen. – Historic 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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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of Boston and Bunker Hill (from the east) / W.H. Bartlett ; C. Cousen.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Boston and Bunker Hill (from the east) / W.H. Bartlett ; C. Cousen.
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The view looks across the harbor at Boston from the east, with Bunker Hill rising behind the town, a vantage that was popular with engravers of the 1830s who wanted to show a city defined by its waterfront. The plate follows a drawing by W.H. Bartlett, an English topographical artist who traveled widely and sketched American scenes for British publishers, and it was engraved by C. Cousen for issue by George Virtue in London in 1839. Bunker Hill, site of the 1775 battle of the American Revolution, gave the composition its historical weight, and the harbor crowded with masts shows how central shipping was to the city's economy at the time.
| Created / published | London : Published for the proprietors by Geo. Virtue, 1839. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print: engraving. |
| Genre | Cityscape prints 1830-1840.Engravings 1830-1840. |
| Notes | Titles also in French and German. |
| Subjects | Harbors--Massachusetts--Boston--1830-1840. Boston (Mass.)--1830-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,127 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-170101 |
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