$4,200
J. F .W. Des Barres, Esquire, publisher (18th-19th Century) A View of Boston taken on the Road to Dorchester. , drawn by William Pierie, engraved by James Newton, dated May 30th, 1776. Identified in inscriptions. Engraving with hand-coloring, sheet size 21 x 27 1/2, image size 16 1/2 x 24 1/2 in., in a molded giltwood frame. Condition: Repaired margin tears, toning, light scattered foxing, loss u.l. corner, light creases. Note: This engraving of Boston before the Revolutionary War was published by Captain Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres (1721-1824), a Swiss-born cartographer and Canadian statesman. Des Barres made many maps of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans and also mapped much of the Canadian Territory, most notably Nova Scotia and its capital Halifax. This lithograph appeared in a large-scale sea atlas The Atlantic Neptune. Old repaired tears: 1/12 in. l.l. to edge of image, 1 in. l.l. to plate line, 1 7/8 in. l.l. bottom edge 1/4 in. past the plate line, vertical toning lines consistent with lines to carboard backing. Not laid down.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-10-28
