View of the City of Boston the Capital of New England. A, : In North America. [Title repeated in French.]

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• PUBLISHER: London, Printed for John Bowles, at No. 13 in Cornhill; Robt Sayer, at No. 53 in Fleet Street....

• MEDIUM: Engraving,

  DATE: c.1768.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 12 11/16 x 20" (323 x 510 mm).

• DESCRIPTION: Drawn on the spot by his excellency, Governor Pownall; Painted by Mr. Pugh, & Engraved by P. C. Canot. Publication line continues "Thos Jeffery's, the corner of St. Martins Lane in the Strand; Carington Bowles, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard; & Henry Parker, at No. 82 in Cornhill." According to Stokes, the view is taken from Castle William (later known as Fort Independence) across the water to Boston Common. It was drawn about 1757. [Stokes, Amer. Hist. Prings, B-86. Cresswell, Amer. Rev. in Drawings & Prints, 523]

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• CONDITION: Good condition, save for remains of minor foxing in the outer margins.

• REFERENCE: Deak #106.

• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Town Views - United States , Massachusetts - Boston