A View of the City of Boston the Capital of New England, in North America ... Drawn on the Spot

by his Excellency, Governor Pownal; Painted by Mr. Pugh, & Engraved by P.C. Canot by Thomas Pownall

$5,250 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

An important image of colonial Boston from the famous and very rare Scenographia Americana series: a strong impression with wide margins. Pownall's drawing of Boston, here ably engraved by Peter Charles Canot 1710-1777 , was one of six prints in the Scenographia Americana series that were based on Pownall's sketches. This particular image was worked up into a painting by Pugh and it was from this that the engraving was made by Canot. The complete Scenographia Americana

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