A view of the country towards Dorchester, taken from the advanced works on Boston Neck : Long Island open on the north side of Nicks Mate Island ; Boston from Willis Creek

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A view of the country towards Dorchester, taken from the advanced works on Boston Neck
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Item Information

Title:
A view of the country towards Dorchester, taken from the advanced works on Boston Neck : Long Island open on the north side of Nicks Mate Island ; Boston from Willis Creek
Title (alt.):
Long Island open on the north side of Nicks Mate Island
Boston from Willis Creek
Creator:
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824
Date:
1775
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Pictorial works
Boston (Mass.)--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
Long Island (N.Y.)--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
New York > Long Island (island)
Extent:
3 views on 1 sheet : etching ; each 12 x 21 cm, on sheet 82 x 62 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[London] : J.F.W. Des Barres
Scale:
Not drawn to scale.
Language:
English
Notes:
From the author's Atlantic Neptune.
Identifier:
06_01_004515
Call #:
G1106.P5 D47 1781
Barcode:
30000003818436