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View of Boston

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1877

GUSN

GUSN-29135

Description

Bird's eye view of Boston from the north--includes train stations, state house, Bunker Hill monument, Boston Common and Tens.

Details

Descriptive Terms

landscapes (representations)
prints (visual works)
chromolithographs
cities
harbors
industrialization
marines (visual works)
monuments
transportation
urbanization
Chromolithograph
Urbanization
Industrialization
Maritime
Transportation
City
Harbor
Monument
Print

Inscription

Printed: [lower left] ""J. BACHMANN DEL. AND LITH."" Printed: [lower right] ""COPYRIGHT 1877 L. PRANG & CO.""

Maker

Possibly Bachmann, J. (Lithographer)
L. Prang & Co. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Boston, MA, USA

Dimensions

23 3/4 x 29 3/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton

Accession Number

1920.472

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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