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Boston Harbor from Dorchester

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1825

GUSN

GUSN-57683

Description

Boston Harbor from Dorchester Heights. Text at bottom reads "A View of the City of Boston the Capital of New England in North America."

Details

Descriptive Terms

pictures (two-dimensional representations)
engraving (printing process)
paper (fiber product)
Picture
Cityscape
Cityscape

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

AFTER Pownal, Governor (Maker)

Dimensions

12 1/2 x 23 3/4 x 7/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.2371

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