COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
29833
accession_no
29833
Accession number
false
Record number:
29833-1
record_number
29833-1
Record number
false
JCB call number:
DD Drake 3189
jcb_call_no
DD Drake 3189
JCB call number
false
Image title:
A Perspective View of the Town of Boston, the Capital of New-England, and of the Landing of --- Troops in the Year 1768 ...
image_title
A Perspective View of the Town of Boston, the Capital of New-England, and of the Landing of --- Troops in the Year 1768 ...
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Paul Revere
creator1
Paul Revere
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
1734-1818
creator1_dates
1734-1818
Creator 1 dates
false
Place image published:
[Boston]
place_image_published
[Boston]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Edes & Gill]
image_publisher
[Edes & Gill]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1770]
image_date
[1770]
Image date
false
Image function:
frontispiece
image_function
frontispiece
Image function
false
Technique:
metal cut
technique
metal cut
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
7.8 cm.
image_dimensions_height
7.8 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
14.5 cm.
image_dimensions_width
14.5 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
16.2 cm.
page_dimensions_height
16.2 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
9.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
9.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
English
languages
English
Languages
false
Description:
View of Boston and Boston harbor with eight ships. Built environment includes dwellings, churches, wharves, and boats. Items in the image are numbered for identification in key at bottom.
description
View of Boston and Boston harbor with eight ships. Built environment includes dwellings, churches, wharves, and boats. Items in the image are numbered for identification in key at bottom.
Description
false
Source Title:
Edes & Gill's North-American almanack, and Massachusetts register, for the year 1770
source_title
Edes & Gill's North-American almanack, and Massachusetts register, for the year 1770
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Boston
source_place_of_publication
Boston
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed ... and Sold by Edes & Gill, in Queen-Street; and T. & J. Fleet at the Heart and Crown, in Cornhill
source_publisher
Printed ... and Sold by Edes & Gill, in Queen-Street; and T. & J. Fleet at the Heart and Crown, in Cornhill
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1770
source_date
1770
Source date
false
notes:
Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
Brigham, C.S. Paul Revere's engravings, p. 134
references_
Brigham, C.S. Paul Revere's engravings, p. 134
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1946.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1946.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
Commentary:
commentary
<a href="mailto:Susan_Danforth@brown.edu">Add a comment</a>
Commentary
false
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
subject_groups
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Boston Harbor ( Mass.)--Description and travel
subject_heads
Boston Harbor ( Mass.)--Description and travel
Subject headings
false