Object Number 1975.0120

Object Name

Print (Steel engraving)

Title

BOSTON, AND BUNKER HILL./ (From the East.)

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Claneil Foundation

Creator (Role)

William Henry Bartlett (Draftsman)
1809-1854

M. Osborne (Engraver)

Nathaniel Parker Willis (Author)
1806-1867
Willis founded the New York Mirror in 1829.

George Virtue (Publisher)

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1840-1840

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; W. Bartlett
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; M. Osborne.

Subjects

Book illustration; City view; Landscape

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Etched, Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

5.5 (H) , 8.92 (W) , 4.9 (Image H) , 7.1 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

13.9 (H) , 22.65 (W) , 4.9 (Image H) , 7.1 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at right. W at bottom. No plate marks.

Publisher Summary

Virtue, George

Publication Date

1840

Place of Publication

26 Ivy Lane, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Published in Nathaniel Parker Willis, American Scenery (London: George Virtue, and New York: R. Martin & Co., 1840).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 40, pp. 92-93.