A View of the City of Boston the Capital of NEW ENGLAND, in North America
Date1768
After work by
Governor Pownal
Engraver
Pierre-Charles Canot
After work by
Mr. Pugh
OriginEngland, London
MediumLine engraving and etching on laid paper
DimensionsOverall: 18 1/2 × 25in. (47 × 63.5cm)
Other (Plate): 36.8 × 52.9cm (14 1/2 × 20 13/16in.)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1984-291
DescriptionLower margin reads: "A View of the City of Boston the Capital of NEW ENGLAND, / in North America./ Vue de la Ville de Boston Capitale de la NOUVELLE ANGLETERRE,/ dans l'Amerique Septentrionale./ Drawn on the Spot by his Excellency, Governor Pownal; Printed by M.r Pugh, & Engraved by P.C. Canot./ London, Printed for John Bowles, at N.o 13 in Cornhill, Rob.t Sayer, at N.o 53 in Fleet Street; Tho.s Jeffereys, the Corner of S.t Martins Lane in the Strand; Carington Bowles, at N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard; & Hen.y Parker, at N.o 82 in Cornhill."Label TextThis print was drawn by former Massachusetts Bay governor Thomas Pownall and depicts the prominent seaports of Boston. This print is from a series of twenty-eight prints of American scenes published under the title Scenographia Americana in 1768. The images range widely in content and geographical location, depicting the military structures at Port Royal in Guadeloupe as well as the wilderness of Passaic Falls in New Jersey. Many of the prints commemorated sites where the English were victorious during the Seven Years War, and were the first, large, accurate, and elaborately engraved series of views of America.
