Vue de Boston vers le cale du port / gravé par François Xav. Habermann. – Historic Print
(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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Vue de Boston vers le cale du port / gravé par François Xav. Habermann.
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This view looks toward the port's quay rather than across the open harbor, so the wharf and the vessels tied up beside it are the main subject. The print is credited to the engraver François Xavier Habermann and is dated to the 1770s, a decade when Boston was one of the busiest seaports in the colonies and tensions with Britain were rising. Its hand coloring, added to the etched lines, is worth a close look, since it shows how such views were finished for buyers who wanted a more lifelike picture of the waterfront.
| Medium | 1 print : etching, hand-colored. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [177-] |
| Subjects | Ships--Massachusetts--Boston--1770-1780. Harbors--Massachusetts--Boston--1770-1780. Waterfronts--Massachusetts--Boston--1770-1780. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 6,667 × 4,625 px · prints to 22 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 31159u Vue de Boston vers le cale du port gravé par François Xav. Habermann. |
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