A view of the City of Boston the capital of New England, in North America Vue de la ville de Boston, capitale de la Nouvelle Angleterre, dans l'Amérique Septentrionale / drawn on the spot by his excellency, Governor Pownal ; painted by Mr. Pugh ; & engraved by P.C. Canot. – Vintage Photo Print
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A view of the City of Boston the capital of New England, in North America Vue de la ville de Boston, capitale de la Nouvelle Angleterre, dans l'Amérique Septentrionale / drawn on the spot by his excellency, Governor Pownal ; painted by Mr. Pugh ; & engraved by P.C. Canot. comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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A view of the City of Boston the capital of New England, in North America Vue de la ville de Boston, capitale de la Nouvelle Angleterre, dans l'Amérique Septentrionale / drawn on the spot by his excellency, Governor Pownal ; painted by Mr. Pugh ; & engraved by P.C. Canot.
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Few views of colonial Boston were drawn by a man who had governed the place: this one is credited to Governor Pownal, who served as royal governor of Massachusetts Bay in the late 1750s. Engraved by Pierre Charles Canot from a painting by a Mr. Pugh, the etching was issued in London in 1768 as part of *Scenographia Americana*, a collection of American views published by John Bowles. It presents the town and the Charles River from above, a bird's-eye vantage typical of city prospects of the period. That same year, British troops arrived in Boston, and the town soon became a center of the disputes that led to the Revolution, which gives the plate added interest for historians.
| Created / published | London : [s.n., 1768] |
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| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Bird's-eye views 1760-1770.Book illustrations 1760-1770.Etchings 1760-1770. |
| Notes | Title from item. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, Thos. Jefferys the corner of St. Martins Lane in the Strand, Carington Bowles at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, and Henry Parker at No. 82 in Cornhill. Illus. in: Scenographia Americana. London : J. Bowles, 1768. 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. 523. |
| Subjects | Boston (Mass.)--1760-1770. Charles River (Mass.)--1760-1770. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,117 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-150708 |
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