Prints and Photographs Online Catalog NEW SEARCHHELP Prints and Photographs Reading Room


Click on picture for larger image, full item, or more versions.
   

How to obtain copies of this item

TITLE:  A view of the lines thrown up, on Boston Neck, by the Ministerial Army / B. Romans.

CALL NUMBER:  Illus. in G3760 1775 .R6 Vault [Geography & Map RR]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZ62-46324 (b&w film copy neg.)

RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY:  Print with legend shows and identifies several locations in the vicinity of Boston, including John Hancock's house, Beacon Hill, the British encampment on McHill, and a blockhouse.

MEDIUM:  1 print : etching, hand-colored.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [1775]

CREATOR:

Romans, Bernard, ca. 1720-ca. 1784.

NOTES:

Title from item.

Illus. on map: To the Hone. Jno. Hancock, Esqre. president of ye Continental Congress, this map of the seat of civil war in America, is respectfully inscribed by his most obedient humble servant, B. Romans. [1775]

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. 506.

SUBJECTS:

Buildings--Massachusetts--Boston--1770-1780.
Boston (Mass.)--1770-1780.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

FORMAT:

Etchings Hand-colored 1770-1780.

REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a46494 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a46494

CONTROL #:  2004676805



View the MARC Record for this item.


Prints and Photographs Online Catalog NEW SEARCHHELP Prints and Photographs Reading Room