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View of the bridge over Charles River

View of the bridge over Charles River

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Summary

Print shows view from Atkins Wharf of the bridge across the Charles River, two couples sightseeing in the foreground, and buildings in the background.

Engraved for the Massachusetts Magazine, Sept. 1789.
Illus. from: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, vol. I, no. IX, 1789 (Sept.), frontispiece.
Etching attributed to Samuel Hill.
Stauffer, 1398
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 516.

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Date

01/01/1789
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Contributors

Hill, Samuel, 1766?-1804, engraver
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Location

East Boston (Boston, Mass.)42.37500, -71.03917
Google Map of 42.375, -71.03916666666666
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