[Views from offshore of the New England coastline and islands at the entrance to Boston Harbor] [graphic].
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1729-1824, engraver.
still image
Marine prints 1770-1780. gmgpc
Intaglio prints 1770-1780. gmgpc
[London] : Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by J.F.W. DesBarres Esqr.,
1777 Oct 7.
eng
Prints show distant views of Castle Island and Governor's Island in Boston Harbor, hills along the southeast coast of Maine, and the entrance to Boston Harbor.
Boston, seen between Castle Williams and Governor's Island, distant 4 miles -- Appearance of the high lands of Agameticus, N.E. with Penobscot Hills, to the eastwards, at 3 to 4 leagues off shore -- Boston Bay, the light house bearing N.W.b.W distant one league -- The entrance of Boston Harbor.
Title devised by Library staff.
Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... London : 1777-1781.
This record contains unverified, old data from Cresswell, 1975.
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. 484-487.
Capes (Coasts)--New England--1770-1780.
Bays (Bodies of water)--Massachusetts--1770-1780.
Islands--Massachusetts--1770-1780.
Boston Harbor Islands (Mass.)--1770-1780.
Boston Harbor (Mass.)--1770-1780.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
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