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A view of the town of Boston the capital of New England.
- Title
- A view of the town of Boston the capital of New England.
- Author
- Trenchard, James, 1747-
- Publication
- [1787]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Still image | Supervised use | Map Div. 97-6628 | Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117 |
Details
- Description
- 1 print : etching; on sheet 20 x 27 cm
- Summary
- Print shows view of Boston, Massachusetts, from Cambridge looking across the Charles River.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 902.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Bird's-eye views – 1780-1790.
- Periodical illustrations – 1780-1790.
- Etchings – 1780-1790.
- Aerial views.
- Note
- Title from item.
- In upper right margin: Columb. Mag. Illustration from: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, 1787 December, frontispiece.
- Engraving attributed to James Trenchard.
- Indexed In (note)
- Stauffer
- Terms of Use (note)
- No known restrictions on publication.
- Publications (note)
- Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 523a.
- Call Number
- Map Div. 97-6628
- LCCN
- 2004671515
- OCLC
- 60575484
- Author
- Trenchard, James, 1747- engraver.
- Title
- A view of the town of Boston the capital of New England.
- Imprint
- [1787]
- Type of Content
- still image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Terms Of Use
- No known restrictions on publication.
- Indexed In:
- Stauffer, 3285
- Publications
- Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 523a.
- Local Note
- NYPL Map Div. copy accompanied by text from The Columbian Magazine for December, 1787, pages [789]-790 (1 leaf ; 20 x 12 cm): A description of Boston, with a view of the town of Boston, finely engraved.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- 1775-1783
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 97-6628 [LHS 902]