Vue de Boston
Date1778
Medium/TechniqueInk and watercolor on paper; hand-colored etching
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 14 3/16 in. x 18 5/8 in. (35.98 cm x 47.31 cm)
Credit LineGift: Jess and Grace Pavey Fund, 2003
Object numberPrint-5450/RP-1012
DescriptionThis print is a city scene of Boston, Massachusetts at the end of the eighteenth-century. The image includes a wide view of the street, the Old State House, as well as figures in the foreground shown going about their daily business. The title appears below the image in both French and German.Published ReferencesSira Dooley Fairchild, "New Acquisitions: Two 18th Century Views of Boston", The Bostonian Society, Published 2017, Accessed 4/1/20, https://www.bostonhistory.org/kingstreet/2017/12/14/new-acquisitions-two-18th-century-views-of-boston.
MarkingsPrinted in ink above the upper-left corner of the image: "Collection des Prospects".
Printed in ink above the image, centered: "Vue de Boston.".
Printed in ink below the bottom-left side of the image: "Prospects des Plazes vor dem Rath / Haus du Boston.".
Printed in ink below the bottom-right corner of the image: "Grave par Francois Xv. Habermann".
Printed in ink below the bottom-right side of the image: "Vue de la Rue et de la Maison / de Ville de Boston".
Printed in ink on the bottom edge of the print: "Se vend au Augsburg au Negoco commun de l'Academie Imperiale de 'Empire des Arts libereaux avec privilege de Sa Majeste Imperiale et avec Defense ni d'en faire ni de vendre les Copies.".
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