Vuë de Boston. Prospect von Boston gegen der Bucht am Hasen Vuë de Boston vers le Cale du Port / gravé par Francois Xav. Habermann. – Vintage 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.)
Description
A window into the past: Vuë de Boston. Prospect von Boston gegen der Bucht am Hasen Vuë de Boston vers le Cale du Port / gravé par Francois Xav. Habermann., preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Vuë de Boston. Prospect von Boston gegen der Bucht am Hasen Vuë de Boston vers le Cale du Port / gravé par Francois Xav. Habermann.
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
This hand-colored etching presents Boston's harbor from the bay, with its quays and crowded shipping, as seen from a distance. It was published in Augsburg, a South German center of engraving and print publishing, and the title in German and French suggests it was meant for buyers in Europe who were curious about distant colonial ports. The 1770s were a tense decade in Boston, which was central to the growing dispute with Britain that led to the Tea Party in 1773 and the siege of 1775. Views like this were often built from secondhand sketches, so its details are worth comparing with other images of the port from the same years.
| Medium | 1 print : etching, hand-colored. |
|---|---|
| Notes | Augsbourg : [s.n., 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 | 1,432 × 1,071 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-176115 |
More from the Boston collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
