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Panoramic print of Salem and the bay. The view is from a higher elevation looking down onto the city and the bay. Three thin trees are placed in the foreground among rolling hills and other scattered plant life. The horizon line is in the center of the print and in the sky a flock of birds fly near the upper center.
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Print
"Drawn from Nature & Engraved by E. Whitefield / View of Salem, Mass: / Published by E. Whitefield New York -- Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1849 by E. Whitefiled in the Clerk's Office of the District of N.Y. / Printed by F. Michlin 111 Nassau" (printed)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P255
Whitefield, Edwin, 1816-1892 (Artist)
17 12/16 x 39 8/16 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.678
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