Christ Church, Boston - erected A.D. 1723 - this church contains the first ring of bells cast for North America – Vintage Print
![Christ Church, Boston - erected A.D. 1723 - this church contains the first ring of bells cast for North America, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f8/f8b525b3551f-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.)
Description
This historic print of Christ Church, Boston - erected A.D. 1723 - this church contains the first ring of bells cast for North America brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. 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.
Christ Church, Boston - erected A.D. 1723 - this church contains the first ring of bells cast for North America
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.
Christ Church in Boston's North End, erected in 1723, is noted in the record for its first ring of bells cast for North America. Those bells came from England in the 1740s, and the tower gained lasting fame a few decades later, when lanterns hung there on the night of April 18, 1775, signaling the start of British troop movements toward Lexington and Concord. The shelflist card associates the print with the Boston firm of John H. Bufford & Company, a lithography house, so the image likely reflects how nineteenth-century viewers saw the church through its Revolutionary-era history.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on shelflist card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bufford (John H.) & Company. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,017 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175989 |
More from the Boston National Historic Park 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.
