Object Number 1976.0273

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

A View of the City of Boston the Capital of NEW ENGLAND,/ in North America. | Vue de la Ville de Boston, Capitale de la NOUVELLE ANGLETERRE,/ dans l'Amerique Septentrionale.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Charles E. Merrill Trust for the Purchase of English Objects

Creator (Role)

Thomas Pownall (Artist)
1722-02/05/1805
Pownall first arrived in America in 1753 as the private secretary to Sir Danvers Obsorn, Governor of New York. William Pitt appointed him Governor of Massachuetts in 1757, a position he held until transferred to the governorship of South Carolina in February 1760, a position he held only nominally until his return to England in 1760.

Pierre-Charles Canot (Etcher)
1710-1777

Mr. Pugh (Painter)

John Bowles, Robert Sayer, Thomas Jeffertys, Carington Bowles, and Henry Parker (Publisher)

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom center beneath title; Drawn on the SPOT by his Excellency Governor Pownal; Painted by M.\r Pugh, & Engraved by P.C.Canot.
2. Inscription; Bottom center; London. Printed for John Bowles at N.\o 13. in Cornhill. Robert Sayer at N.\o 53. in Fleet Street. Tho.\s Jefferys the Corner of S.\t Martins Lane in the Strand. Carington Bowles at N.\o 69. in S.\t Pauls Church Yard, and Henry Parker at N.\o 82. in Cornhill.

Subjects

City view; Landscape

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched with burin work

Dimensions (inches)

18 (H) , 24.125 (W) , 12.75 (Image H) , 20.1 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

45.7 (H) , 61.278 (W) , 12.75 (Image H) , 20.1 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 14.5 in. (36.8 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 20.75 in. (52.7 cm). Chain interval: 2.8 cm. Laid lines 8 per cm.

Publisher Summary

John Bowles, Robert Sayer, Thomas Jeffertys, Carington Bowles, and Henry Parker

Publication Date

1768

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

none

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. 30, pp. 80-81.