VIEW OF BOSTON IN 1848 BY EDWINVIEW OF BOSTON IN 1848 BY EDWIN WHITEFIELD (ENGLAND/AMERICA 1816-1892). Boston: Whitefield and Smith 1848 lithograph on paper. Published as number 9 in Whitefield's Original Views of North American Cities. Imperfections. 23''h. 45''w. (sight) matted and framed 32 1/4''h. 52 1/4''w. Stains some toning large tear.
AFTER THOMAS POWNALL, VIEW OF BOSTON(British,AFTER THOMAS POWNALL, VIEW OF BOSTON(British, 1722-1805)
A View of the City of Boston the Capitol of New England/Drawn on the spot by his Excellency, Governor Pownal 1757, engraving on wove paper, sheet 9-1/4 x 19-3/4 in.; painted wood frame, 17-1/2 x 28 in.
Note: This is a later version of Pownall's view, published in Drake's History and Antiquities of Boston.
Condition:
hinged in, with folds as issued, light toning and foxing
(VIEW) MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON:(VIEW) MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON: 182 POSTCARDS EARLY 20TH CENTURY(VIEW) MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON: 182 POSTCARDS, Early 20th Century, Nice, clean representation of typical views and subjects. Includes: Harrison Avenue (Chinatown), Rotograph of "The Vendome" and Commonwealth Avenue, several "T" Wharf views, Bug Light, "Scene In North Square", "Old Corner Book Store", "City Point. So. Boston", Washington Street (Newspaper Row), Lawley's Yacht Basin, City Point Life Saving Station, very busy School Street scene, two Tucks, Tremont Street with Subway Entrances and more. Provenance: A private New Bedford, Massachusetts collection.
RARE ENGRAVING A VIEW OF THE CITYRARE ENGRAVING A VIEW OF THE CITY OF BOSTON''Together with a printed map Sketch of the Battle of Bunker Hill by a British Officer. Published by George Smith June 17 1843. 14 x 21. Unframed. Engraving marked The Capital of New England in North America and Drawn on the Spot by his Excellency Governor Pownal 1757. 12 x 21. Unframed.''
John Carwitham/ Engraver "A South-EastJohn Carwitham/ Engraver "A South-East View of the City of Boston in North America" hand-colored copper engraving published by Bowles and Carver London "J. Whatman/ Turkey Mill/ 1819" paper image including text 11 1/4 in. 17 1/4 in. sheet 12 3/4 in. x 18 1/4 in. Note: Based on the original drawing by William Burgis this fourth and final state of the scarce print has "Great Town" replaced by "City" in the title. Reference: Deak Picturing America pg. 86; Stokes and Haskall American Historical Prints pg. 14.
ROBERT DOUGLAS HUNTER (1928-2014,ROBERT DOUGLAS HUNTER (1928-2014, MASSACHUSETTS)Birds Eye View of Boston. 1999. Oil painting on canvas painting in a gilded frame depicting an aerial view of Boston Common and Massachusetts State house. Signed and dated lower left. Sight size: 19 1/2" x 11 3/4", overall with frame 25" x 17". Excellent condition.
(VIEW) MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON:(VIEW) MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON: 103 POSTCARDS EARLY TO MID-20TH CENTURY(VIEW) MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON: 103 POSTCARDS, Early to Mid-20th Century, Notable buildings and views as well as: "The New Graves Light", The Mead House, The Hotel Essex, Club House at Suffolk Downs, YMCA Auditorium of Receiving Ship at Commonwealth Pier, Park St. Subway, Faneuil Hall interior, U.S.S. Constitution and more.
BIRDSEYE VIEW OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND,BIRDSEYE VIEW OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND, MAINE,framed map, dated 1876. Published by J. Stoner, Madison, WI. After Joseph Warner, artist. Charles Shober & Co., Chicago, lithographers. Shows harbor with boats, docks, streets. Sight size 25" x 35", overall with Victorian carved wooden frame, probably original, 33 3/4" x 44". The print shows tan lines as well as two small holes on the left side. Frame shows alligatoring, a chip to the lower right.
FRANZ XAVER HABERMANN (GERMAN,FRANZ XAVER HABERMANN (GERMAN, 1721-1796), TWO UNUSUAL ANTIQUE OPTIC VIEWS OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Hand-colored engravings on laid paper, 18th century, with identifying text in German and French beneath images, scenes depict imagined views of British soldiers in Boston, which has been exaggerated to look more like a European city, in uniform framing.
VIEW OF BOSTON AFTER AMBROISE LOUISVIEW OF BOSTON AFTER AMBROISE LOUIS GARNERAY 19TH CENTURY HAND-COLORED ETCHING, 11.75" X 15" SIGHT. FRAMED 22.5" X 26.5".VIEW OF BOSTON AFTER AMBROISE LOUIS GARNERAY, 19th Century, Titled "Vue de Boston". Engraved by Sigismond Himely (1801-1872). Dimensions: Hand-colored etching, 11.75" x 15" sight. Framed 22.5" x 26.5".
(VIEW) MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON:(VIEW) MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON: 103 POSTCARDS EARLY TO MID-20TH CENTURY(VIEW) MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON: 103 POSTCARDS, Early to Mid-20th Century, Notable views and buildings as well as: "1911 Joseph Breck & Sons Seeds", Copley Square, The Country Plate, Bunker Hill Monument (copper windows), Jordan Marsh Living Room, Don Orione Home, Rim Room at Somerset Hotel, The Sable Room at The Touraine, fishing fleet, Public Gardens, Hotel Kenmore and more.
Hand-colored map "Vue de Boston"Hand-colored map "Vue de Boston" c.1775 Grave par Francis Xau Habemann. 13.25"x18.25"
(VIEW) MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON:(VIEW) MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON: 187 POSTCARDS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY(VIEW) MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON: 187 POSTCARDS, Early 20th Century, Nice, clean representative views and subjects. Includes: several Detroits, Rotograph of fishing vessels at "T" Wharf, East Boston ferry, Winter Street scene with Orpheum, several "T" wharf views, "Old Home Week Parade...Aug. 3rd, 1907", Boston Chamber of Commerce card, Boston Floating Hospital, Rotograph of "The Stadium, Soldiers Field" and more. Provenance: A private New Bedford, Massachusetts collection.
19TH C. BOSTON HARBOR SCENE 20th19TH C. BOSTON HARBOR SCENE 20th c. rendering of 19th c. approach to the Charlestown Navy Yard from Boston Harbor, oil on board, unsigned, with four ships moored away, some hanging sail to dry, the monument and statehouse silhouetted to the left, in combed gold cove frame with linen liner, OS: 20 1/2" x 27 1/2", SS: 14" x 21". Good condition.
HAND-COLORED ENGRAVING "BIRD'SHAND-COLORED ENGRAVING "BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF BOSTON AND ITS ENVIRONS" LATE 19TH CENTURY 9.5" X 14" SIGHT. FRAMED 19.5" X 23.5".HAND-COLORED ENGRAVING "BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF BOSTON AND ITS ENVIRONS" Late 19th Century From Harper's Weekly. 9.5" x 14" sight. Framed 19.5" x 23.5". Dimensions: 9.5" x 14" sight. Framed 19.5" x 23.5".
Hand-colored map c.1775 "Vue deHand-colored map c.1775 "Vue de Boston" Grave par Francois Xau Habermann. 14.25"x19"
DRAPER HILL, JR. (MASSACHUSETTS,DRAPER HILL, JR. (MASSACHUSETTS, 1935-2009), BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF BOSTON., MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER, 18.25" X 28.5" SIGHT. FRAMED 25" X 35".DRAPER HILL, JR., Massachusetts, 1935-2009, Bird's-eye view of Boston. Signed lower left "Draper Hill Jr.". Dimensions: Mixed media on paper, 18.25" x 28.5" sight. Framed 25" x 35". Provenance: Notes:Draper Hill was a reporter and cartoonist for the Patriot Ledger and Worcester Telegram in the 1950s and 1960s.
FINE DIORAMA OF THE SS "CITY OFFINE DIORAMA OF THE SS "CITY OF BOSTON"FINE DIORAMA OF THE SS "CITY OF BOSTON" , circa 1870s, a British iron-hulled single-screw passenger steamship of the Inman Line on her maiden voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia for Liverpool heading into sea, passing a lighthouse with dory, smaller vessel passing by the stern and a small skiff with sailor.
The background decorated with vessels in the horizon, sea, sky and topography, harbor and dunes.
Overall 19 ½ in. x 32 ¼ in.
The City of Boston sailed from Halifax Nova Scotia for Liverpool January 28, 1870 commanded by Captain Halcrow. A violent gale and snowstorm took place two days after her departure and she never reached her destination and was never found. There were 191 people on board, including crew, prominent businessmen and military officers.
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TWO FRAMED MAPS OF BOSTON1) TownTWO FRAMED MAPS OF BOSTON1) Town of Boston''. An 1835 copy of a 1722 map. Engraved by George G. Smith. 17'' x 22'' sight. 2) ''A New & Complete Map of the City of Boston''. Published by Nathaniel Dearborn in 1848. 18'' x 15'' sight.''
FIVE UNFRAMED CITY VIEW LITHOGRAPHSFIVE UNFRAMED CITY VIEW LITHOGRAPHS Four Swiss views after 19th c. lithographs of Boston, Balitmore, New York and Brooklyn, sheet size of each: 19 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. and "A View of the Federal Hall of the City of New York," printed c. 1930, sheet size: 20 x 25 3/4 in.
19C AMERICAN SCHOOL CAMBRIDGE BRIDGE19C AMERICAN SCHOOL CAMBRIDGE BRIDGE WC PAINTING MassachusettsDated 1857Impressionist landscape depicting the bustling city of Boston with Charles Street Jail visible across the Charles River, exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston exhibition "Boston 1630-1872."
Two printed views of BaltimoreTwo printed views of Baltimore 20th c. together with a printed view of Boston 10 1/4" x 14 3/4". ?
AFTER J. HILL, ENGRAVED BY C. MOTTRAM,AFTER J. HILL, ENGRAVED BY C. MOTTRAM, VIEW OF BOSTON, COLOR ENGRAVING, FRAMED, 39-1/2 X 51-3/4 INAfter J. Hill, Engraved by C. Mottram, View of Boston, Color Engraving, Framed, 39-1/2 x 51-3/4 in
CHROMOLITHOGRAPH, "BIRD'S EYE VIEWCHROMOLITHOGRAPH, "BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF BOSTON", MID 19TH...Color Chromolithograph, "Bird's Eye View of Boston", mid 19th Century, linen mat and frame.
17 ¾ in. x 27 in. Overall 26 ½ in. x 34 ½ in.
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BOWLES AND CARVER, VIEWS OF NEWBOWLES AND CARVER, VIEWS OF NEW YORK CITY AND BOSTON Hand-colored engravings. Includes "A South-West View of the City of New York in North America" - printed for Bowles and Carver; and "A South-East View of the City of Boston in North America" - printed for Bowles and Carver, dated 1752.
JOHN WHORF, (AMERICAN, 1903-1959),JOHN WHORF, (AMERICAN, 1903-1959), VIEW OF BOSTON HARBOR, WATERCOLOR, SHEET: 19 3/4 X 26 IN., FRAME: 28 X 34 IN.JOHN WHORF, (American, 1903-1959) View of Boston Harbor, watercolor signed John Whorf, l.r. sheet: 19 3/4 x 26 in., frame: 28 x 34 in. Provenance: A Maine Perspective: The Collection of a New England Gentleman. Other Notes: - Spanierman Gallery, New York, label verso. - The Milch Galleries, New York, label verso. Condition: Condition: Hinged at top edges. Overall good condition, colors strong.
"COLTON'S BOSTON AND ADJACENT CITIES.""COLTON'S BOSTON AND ADJACENT CITIES." MAP 19TH CENTURY 17" X 14" SIGHT. FRAMED 23" X 20"."COLTON'S BOSTON AND ADJACENT CITIES." MAP, 19th Century, From Colton's General Atlas, 1855. Dimensions: 17" x 14" sight. Framed 23" x 20".
2 AMBROISE GARNERAY BOSTON PHILADELPHIA2 AMBROISE GARNERAY BOSTON PHILADELPHIA ENGRAVINGS France1783-1857Includes "Vue de Boston" depicting the skyline from the harbor, and "Vue de Philadelphia" depicting the city's coastline.
HARRIOT NEWHALL CITYSCAPE STREETHARRIOT NEWHALL CITYSCAPE STREET SCENE DRAWING Massachusetts, Kansas,1874-1934Depicting a tenement lined North Boston cobble stone street with a horse and buggy parked near a lamp post.
(VIEW) MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON:(VIEW) MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON: EXCEPTIONAL LOT OF 81 POSTCARDS EARLY 20TH CENTURY(VIEW) MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON: EXCEPTIONAL LOT OF 81 POSTCARDS, Early 20th Century, Real photos: men's athletic team "Th...Section Boston Schwaber Verein", Mutual National Bank, Tea Department of Delano, Potter & Co., Inc.", "U.S.S. Androscoggin" (Aug. 4, 1912), "Ward in Elk's Building, U.S.A. General Hospital No. 10", "Whitman's New England Dances" with orchestra and schedule. Also: "Exterior of Braves Field Home of the Boston Nationals" (colored lithograph), Mr. & Mrs. William H. Morgan with "The Little Church on Wheels, Inc.", several restaurant interior views, Jordan Marsh Company's "Women's Rest Room For Fellow Workers", rifle drill at Commonwealth Pier, real photo of U.S. Fisheries Association Convention at Boston Fish Pier (Aug. 10th to 13th, 1927), two Hotel Touraine interior views, T. Wharf with advertising for McPhail Piano Co., library with figures at "Mass. Knights of Columbus Service Men's Club", Hotel Bradford Circus Room, Adams & Swett "Rug Cleansers", interior scene at King Co. Restaurant, Rotograph of North Station, two Burdett College cards, "New England Fuel & Transportation Co." with fleet listed, Annual Convention of American Philatelic Association and much more.
"Boston Harbor", a Set of Jean"Boston Harbor", a Set of Jean Zuber et Cie., Rixheim, Alsace, Vues d'Amerique du Nord Wallpaper Panels, ca. 1940, overall 88" x 137-1/2", mounted on plywood with a narrow giltwood frame.
AFTER F. H. LANE, "VIEW OF BOSTONAFTER F. H. LANE, "VIEW OF BOSTON HARBOR", BLACKand white engraving by T. Moore Lithography, Boston. Dedicated to the Tiger Boat Club. 19th c. Hand signed by the lithographer T Moore, lower right. 18 1/2" x 24", overall with frame 20 3/4" x 27". Not laid down, shows tears and repairs in bottom corner. Image is in good condition.
MAP "PLAN OF BOSTON", CA 1867 BYMAP "PLAN OF BOSTON", CA 1867 BY AUGUSTUSMITCHELL, EXCELLENT CONDITION, GOOD COLOR, MODERN MAT AND FRAME AND UV GLASS. SIGHT SIZE 12" X 10 1/2", OVERALL 17 1/2" X 15 1/2".
Large framed and matted engravedLarge framed and matted engraved print "Boston" engraved by C. Mottram (after). 29.5"x42.5"
(2) EARLY UNFRAMED MAPS OF BOSTON,(2) EARLY UNFRAMED MAPS OF BOSTON, EARLIEST OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR Including: "A Plan of the Town and Chart of the Harbour of Boston Exhibiting a View of the Islands Castles Forts and Entrances into the said Harbour", dated Febr. 1st 1775. Published in London in "The Gentleman's Magazine". 11 1/2" x 14 1/4" sheet of laid paper, folded as issued, holed upper right corner, tear to right edge, separating bottom left fold; PLUS "A Map of 100 Miles round Boston", published London, 1775, also in "Gentleman's Magazine", the earliest accounts of the Battles of Lexington and Concord in June of 1775. On a 11" x 9 3/4" sheet of laid paper, folded as issued, holed upper left just inside impression.
[Vues d'Optique] Vues D'Optique[Vues d'Optique] Vues D'Optique of Boston and the Burning of New York City Lot of 2 hand colored vues d'optique including: Representation Du Feu Terrible A Nouvelle York() 16.375'' x 11''; and Vue De Boston() 14'' x 18'' pasted to cardboard backing.