Vuë de Salem. Salem - eine stadt in Engelländischen America, in der Grafschafft Essex, ... Salem - une ville de l'Amerique Angloise dans le Comte d'Essex, ... / gravé par Balth. Frederic Leizelt. – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Vuë de Salem. Salem - eine stadt in Engelländischen America, in der Grafschafft Essex, ... Salem - une ville de l'Amerique Angloise dans le Comte d'Essex, ... / gravé par Balth. Frederic Leizelt.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Vuë de Salem. Salem - eine stadt in Engelländischen America, in der Grafschafft Essex, ... Salem - une ville de l'Amerique Angloise dans le Comte d'Essex, ... / gravé par Balth. Frederic Leizelt.
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Few early views of Salem, Massachusetts, put the harbor front so squarely in the foreground, with wharves, rigging, and moored vessels crowding the water's edge. The captions appear in German, English, and French, suggesting the print was meant for European buyers curious about the American colonies. Engraved by Balthasar Friedrich Leizelt and dated to the 1770s, it captures the town during the Revolutionary era, when Salem's shipping was central to its economy. Salem's later notoriety from the 1692 witch trials is absent here. The scene shows a working port, and the hand coloring brings out the ships and the activity along the docks.
| Medium | 1 print : etching, hand-colored. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [177-] |
| Subjects | Piers & wharves--Massachusetts--Salem--1770-1780. Boat & ship industry--Massachusetts--Salem--1770-1780. Shipping--Massachusetts--Salem--1770-1780. Waterfronts--Massachusetts--Salem--1770-1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,473 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218214 |
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