Subject: Boston, Massachusetts
Period: 1757 (published)
Publication: Gentleman's Magazine
Color: Hand Color
Size:
7.5 x 10.5 inches
19.1 x 26.7 cm
This important map was published just four months after the Battle of Bunker Hill. It shows Charles Town in Ruins with pictorial indications of ruined buildings. The plan of Boston names streets, including Beacon Street with a topographical representation of Beacon Hill, Newberry Street, and indications of fortifications, batteries, and other landmarks. There is no engraver's signature. Published in the October 1775 issue of Gentleman's Magazine.
References: Jolly #GENT-239; Phillips (Maps) pp. 149; Sellers & Van Ee #890.
Condition: B+
Issued folding, now flat, with minor offsetting and toning in the margins that just barely crosses the neatline.
