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:
35382
accession_no
35382
Accession number
false
Record number:
35382-4
record_number
35382-4
Record number
false
JCB call number:
DC M414 1790 (July-December)
jcb_call_no
DC M414 1790 (July-December)
JCB call number
false
Image title:
S.E. Prospect, from an Eminence near the Common, Boston.
image_title
S.E. Prospect, from an Eminence near the Common, Boston.
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Samuel Hill
creator1
Samuel Hill
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
d. 1804
creator1_dates
d. 1804
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
Del. & Engrav'd, by
creator1_role
Del. & Engrav'd, by
Creator 1 role
false
Place image published:
[Boston]
place_image_published
[Boston]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews]
image_publisher
[Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1790]
image_date
[1790]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate XI; frontispice for November, following p.640
image_function
plate XI; frontispice for November, following p.640
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
11 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_height
11 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
17 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_width
17 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
20.5 cm.
page_dimensions_height
20.5 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
12.8 cm.
page_dimensions_width
12.8 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 the town of Boston from a hill. A man sits in the foreground with a dog and cattle. Also includes dwellings, ships, and churches.
description
View of the town of Boston from a hill. A man sits in the foreground with a dog and cattle. Also includes dwellings, ships, and churches.
Description
false
Source Title:
The Massachusetts magazine or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. No. XI. For November, 1790. Vol. II.
source_title
The Massachusetts magazine or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. No. XI. For November, 1790. Vol. II.
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Printed at Boston
source_place_of_publication
Printed at Boston
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
By Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews at Faust's Statue, No. 45, Newbury Street
source_publisher
By Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews at Faust's Statue, No. 45, Newbury Street
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1790
source_date
1790
Source date
false
notes:
Text describes the view as being taken from near Governor John Hancock's house. In the distance are the heights of Dorchester. Hancock's land was used to build the State House in Boston in 1797. Image placed horizontally on page. Each monthly issue has a frontispiece, and there is a separate frontispiece for each bound year.
notes
Text describes the view as being taken from near Governor John Hancock's house. In the distance are the heights of Dorchester. Hancock's land was used to build the State House in Boston in 1797. Image placed horizontally on page. Each monthly issue has a frontispiece, and there is a separate frontispiece for each bound year.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
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
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 (Mass.)--Description and travel
subject_heads
Boston (Mass.)--Description and travel
Subject headings
false