Boston State House on Beacon Hill, Antique Steel Engraving ca. 1850

Name: Boston State House on Beacon Hill, Antique Steel Engraving ca. 1850
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14038-144
Price: 270 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1850
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 17.5 × 25.1 cm (6.9 × 9.9 in)
Condition: Good. Good to very good condition overall, with mild age toning, scattered spotting, and light discoloration near the margins consistent with age. Strong impression with full margins preserved.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Massachusetts
Reference: BG-14038-144

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

The Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill in Boston, an original steel engraving published around 1850 by the Bibliographisches Institut of Hildburghausen for Meyer's Die Fünf Welttheile dargestellt in Bild & Wort. The sheet is printed in black. The plate title reads "Das Rathaus in Boston, i. d. Verein. Staaten" (the town hall in Boston, in the United States), with the Hildburghausen imprint and the publisher's property line below.

The building is seen from a low corner, standing on its raised lawn behind an iron fence and a stone gatepost. Its central block carries a pedimented portico and balustrade beneath the high dome and small lantern, with arched windows along an arcaded ground floor. Plain brick houses and a gate stand at either side, and heavy clouds fill the sky.

The State House was designed by Charles Bulfinch and completed in 1798. The German title calls it a town hall, a reminder that the plate was made for readers in Europe who knew little of the building beyond its place at the heart of Boston.

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