Vuë de Boston. Prospect des plazes vor dem rath house zu Boston Vuë de la rue et de la maison de ville a Boston / gravé par Francois Xav. Habermann. – Antique Wall Art
(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.)
Description
This rare historic print captures Vuë de Boston. Prospect des plazes vor dem rath house zu Boston Vuë de la rue et de la maison de ville a Boston / gravé par Francois Xav. Habermann. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Vuë de Boston. Prospect des plazes vor dem rath house zu Boston Vuë de la rue et de la maison de ville a Boston / gravé par Francois Xav. Habermann.
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
The record names the Rathaus, or town hall, as the focal point of this view: the German title "Prospect des plazes vor dem rath house zu Boston" points to the square in front of the Town House on King Street, the building that served as the seat of colonial government in Boston. The print is an Augsburg etching, likely made around 1778, a date when the city was in the middle of the American Revolution and far from the scene it depicts. Its bilingual French and German captions suggest it was made for a European market hungry for images of the rebellious colonies. Look closely at the crowded street life, which reflects how the city's commerce and public ceremony were carried out in the years before the war.
| Medium | 1 print : etching, hand-colored. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [Augsburg : s.n., 1778?] |
| Subjects | Capitols--Massachusetts--Boston--1770-1780. Streets--Massachusetts--Boston--1770-1780. City & town life--Massachusetts--Boston--1770-1780. Boston (Mass.)--1770-1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,111 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-141959 |
More from the Boston collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
