Boston - bird's eye view from the north / J. Bachmann del. and lith. – Antique Wall Map
(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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This rare antique lithograph captures Boston - bird's eye view from the north / J. Bachmann del. and lith. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Boston - bird's eye view from the north / J. Bachmann del. and lith.
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Drawn from a high vantage on the north side of the city, this chromolithograph shows Boston as a harbor town, with the waterfront and shipping spread in color across the sheet. J. Bachmann drew and lithographed the view, and L. Prang & Co., the Boston firm that did much to popularize color printing in America, published it. Bird's-eye prospects like this were prized as both maps and keepsakes, and this one records a city expanding along its wharves and warehouses in the late 1870s.
| Created / published | c1877. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph ; 55.7 x 70.7 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | Bird's-eye view prints 1870-1880.Chromolithographs Color 1870-1880. |
| Notes | 7490 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by L. Prang & Co. |
| Subjects | Harbors--Massachusetts--Boston--1870-1880. Boston (Mass.)--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,216 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-173549 |
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