[View of Boston] / J. Turner. – Historic Photo Reproduction
![[View of Boston] / J. Turner., Boston : Printed and sold by Rogers and Fowle, 1745 August. — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f5/f5200f6aacc5-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: [View of Boston] / J. Turner., preserved in this antique engraving. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[View of Boston] / J. Turner.
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Engraved for the August 1745 issue of *The American Magazine and Historical Chronicle*, this bird's-eye view shows Boston from an elevated vantage point, as if seen from above the rooftops. Rogers and Fowle, the printers of the magazine, sold the sheet from their shop on Queen Street, next to the town prison. Boston was then among the largest and busiest seaports in British North America, and views like this gave readers in the colonies a way to picture a town many would never visit. The catalog record also carries subject headings on Native American subsistence and the Revolution, which were added by cataloguers rather than drawn by the engraver.
| Created / published | Boston : Printed and sold by Rogers and Fowle, 1745 August. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1740-1750.Bird's-eye views 1740-1750.Engravings 1740-1750. |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: The American Magazine and Historical Chronicle. Boston : Printed and sold by Rogers and Fowle, in Queen-street next to the prison, 1745 (August), title page. |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--Subsistence activities--1740-1750. Boston (Mass.)--1740-1750. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,223 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-127859 |
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