A south east view of the great town of Boston in New England in America / I. Carwitham sculp. – Historic Photograph Print
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Step back in time with A south east view of the great town of Boston in New England in America / I. Carwitham sculp., a historic print rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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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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This southeast view looks over the harbor toward Boston's crowded waterfront, where wharves and shipping meet the town's buildings. The engraving is by I. Carwitham, an English engraver, and was issued in London by the map and print seller Carington Bowles from his shop in St. Paul's Churchyard. Prints like this gave English buyers a picture of distant colonial ports, and Boston was then among the busiest trading towns in British America, so its wharves were central to the town's economy. The record dates the print only roughly, to between 1730 and 1760, but its subject places it in the decades before the Revolution.
| 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 | 1,536 × 1,035 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-176116 |
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