Original 1840 steel engraving with the night view of Boston from Dorchester Heights, drawn by William Henry Bartlett and engraved by James Tibbits Willmore. In the foreground, the remains of the entrenchments and the Stars and Stripes.
Original 1840 steel engraving with the night view of Boston from Dorchester Heights, drawn by William Henry Bartlett and engraved by James Tibbits Willmore. In the foreground, the remains of the entrenchments and the Stars and Stripes.
Medium: Steel engraving, black and white.
Artist / after: William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854).
Engraver: James Tibbits Willmore (1800-1863).
Date: 1840.
Source: American Scenery, by Nathaniel Parker Willis, illustrated by W. H. Bartlett (London, George Virtue, 1840).
Dimensions: Plate mark 4.6 x 7.0 in (11.6 x 17.8 cm); sheet 8.2 x 10.7 in (20.8 x 27.1 cm).
Condition: Good, with wide, clean margins.