A view of the town of Boston the capital of New England – Antique Photo Print
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(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 historic print of A view of the town of Boston the capital of New England brings a moment of history to your wall. 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 town of Boston the capital of New England
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The etching's most distinctive feature is its bird's-eye vantage, with the Charles River running through the scene and the town spread out below. It appeared as the frontispiece of the December 1787 issue of *The Columbian Magazine*, a Philadelphia monthly, and is generally attributed to the engraver James Trenchard. Boston had been occupied by British troops from 1775 until their evacuation in March 1776, and by 1787 the port was rebuilding its trade. The title's claim that Boston was the capital of New England reflects its standing as the region's commercial and political center. Views like this were popular because they let readers far from the coast grasp a city's layout at a glance.
| Created / published | [1787] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Bird's-eye views 1780-1790.Periodical illustrations 1780-1790.Etchings 1780-1790. |
| Notes | Title from item. Illus. from: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, 1787 December, frontispiece. Engraving attributed to James Trenchard. Stauffer, 3285 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. 523a. |
| Subjects | Boston (Mass.)--1780-1790. Charles River (Mass.)--1780-1790. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,057 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-113360 |
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