L'entrée au port de Boston - dans l'Amérique / Vernet pinxit ; F.A. Annert sc. – 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.)
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This rare historic print captures L'entrée au port de Boston - dans l'Amérique / Vernet pinxit ; F.A. Annert sc. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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L'entrée au port de Boston - dans l'Amérique / Vernet pinxit ; F.A. Annert sc.
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Its French title, "L'entrée au port de Boston - dans l'Amérique," presents the harbor as a gateway into America. The etching reproduces a painting credited to Claude-Joseph Vernet, the French marine painter known for his port scenes, and it shows the forts and fortifications guarding the approach to the town. The record dates it to the 1770s, when Boston was occupied by British troops and its harbor was a strategic prize during the Revolutionary War. Prints like this often reflect a European view of colonial America as much as its actual geography.
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [177-] |
| Subjects | Forts & fortifications--Massachusetts--Boston--1770-1780. Harbors--Massachusetts--Boston--1770-1780. Boston Harbor (Mass.)--1770-1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,215 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-122697 |
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