A front view of the lines taken from the advanced post near Browns house : A view of the harbour of Boston taken from Fort Hill ; A view of the country towards Dorchester, taken from the advanced works on Boston Neck


A front view of the lines taken from the advanced post near Browns house

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Title:
A front view of the lines taken from the advanced post near Browns house : A view of the harbour of Boston taken from Fort Hill ; A view of the country towards Dorchester, taken from the advanced works on Boston Neck
Title (alt.):
View of the harbour of Boston taken from Fort Hill
View of the country towards Dorchester, taken from the advanced works on Boston neck
Creator:
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824
Date:
[1775?]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Views
Location:
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local):
Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects:
Boston Harbor (Mass.)--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
Dorchester (Boston, Mass.)--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
Places:
MassachusettsBoston Harbor
MassachusettsSuffolk (county)BostonDorchester
Extent:
3 views on 1 sheet ; each 12 x 21 cm., on sheet 85 x 63 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
London : J.F.W. Des Barres
Scale:
Not drawn to scale
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
MVLA record
Notes:
Three views of Boston by J.F.W. Des Barres created prior to, or just after the beginning of the Revolutionary war; some showing military emplacements by British officers; from Des Barres's Atlantic Neptune.
Identifier:
06_01_008503