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On Display: House - Belle Isle Stair Hall, Upper
Print (Engraving)
A South East View of y\e Great Town of BOSTON in New England in America
John Harris I, William Burgis, William Price
1743
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Harris I (Engraver)
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1959.2156 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.2156 A
Object Name
Print (Engraving)
Title
A South East View of y\e Great Town of BOSTON in New England in America
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
John Harris I (Engraver); William Burgis (Draftsman); William Price (Publisher and seller)
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Origin Notes
William Burgis' original drawing was done in Boston in 1723 and sent to London, England, where Harris engraved it on three plates. It is speculated that the changes on the 1743 edition could have been done on the plates in Boston.
Date
1743
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom left
Inscription: W.\m Burgis Delin.
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower right beneath image
Inscription: I Harris Sculp.
Type: Inscription
Location: Within oval inset at lower left in image
Inscription: Printed for/ and Sold by W\m Price at/ the Kings Head & Looking-Glass/ in Cornill near the Town House in/ BOSTON./ .../ A W.\m Price's House & Pictur[e]/ Shop &c. 1743.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- City view
- Advertisement
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Line engraved
- Etched
Dimensions (inches)
24.7 (H) x 53.8 (W) x 20.2 (Image H) x 51.5 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
62.7 (H) x 136.6 (W) x 51.4 (Image H) x 130.8 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals: 2.5-2.7 cm; 7-8 laid lines per cm.
Publisher Summary
W. Price
Publisher Date
01/01/1743
Place of Publication
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
Publisher Name
W. Price
Edition State
III
Edition Notes
First state published in 1725; second state in 1736. Third state revised.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Pappas, Andrea. 2023 Embroidering the Landscape: Women, Art and the Environment in British North America, 1740 - 1770.
• Published: p. 43, fig. 18Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 22, pp. 68-9.Book: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. & The Walpole Society. 1963 Prints pertaining to America: a list of publications in English, relating to prints about that portion of America now included in the United States with emphasis on the period 1650-1850: and a checklist of prints in an exhibition to commemorate the 1962 fall meeting of the Walpole Society selected from the collection of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 99 p.
• Published: no. 18, p. 18.