Hancock House Boston - Antique Engraving American Revolution, ca.1830

Name: Hancock House Boston - Antique Engraving American Revolution, ca.1830
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14038-162
Price: 370 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1830
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 28 × 18.5 cm (11 × 7.3 in)
Condition: Good. Good condition for its age, with light overall toning and some scattered spotting in the margins. Minor discoloration and age-related wear visible. Plate mark visible. Strong impression with clear and crisp engraved detail.
Period: The Early Republic
Places: Massachusetts
Reference: BG-14038-162

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 Hancock House in Boston, an original steel engraving of about 1830, lettered "Hancock House, Boston" in the decorative border below the view.

The house of John Hancock, signer of the Declaration of Independence, stands in full elevation at the center, a stone Georgian mansion with a hipped roof, dormers, tall chimneys and a balcony over the central doorway. A low wall and iron gate separate it from the street, where a few figures walk in front. Tall bare trees stand beside it, and the sky is lightly clouded.

The view is set in an ornamental border of scrolling foliage. An eagle with spread wings perches at the top, and the lower corners hold two small vignettes of Revolutionary subjects, at the left "Battle of Bunker's Hill, 1775" and at the right a mounted military group lettered "A Review". The mansion, built in 1737 on Beacon Hill, was demolished in 1863.

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