Subject: Boston, Massachusetts
Period: 1840 (circa)
Publication: Amerique Pittoresque
Color: Hand Color
Size:
7.8 x 5.5 inches
19.8 x 14 cm
This lovely view shows Boston in the distance as viewed from Bunker Hill, with numerous sailboats in the Charles River. Published in a French edition of Nathaniel Parker Willis' monumental work, American Scenery, which includes numerous beautifully executed steel engravings by William Henry Bartlett.
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Condition: B+
Lovely contemporary color on a lightly toned sheet.