• James Smillie (engraver (printmaker))

A Panoramic View from Bunker Hill Monument

1848

Album with fold-out map of panoramic view of Boston from Bunker Hill Monument (a granite obelisk), with illustrations and key to major points of interest, along with extensive informative text and illustration of the monument. Front cover imprinted as follows: A Panoramic View from Bunker Hill Monument. Engraved by James Smillie; from a drawing by R.P. Mallory. Boston: Redding & Co. 8 State Street, and for sale by H. Long & Brother; W.H. Graham; Burgess, Stringer & Co., New York; and Zeiber & Co., Philadelphia. 1848. White & Potter, Printers, Spring Lane, Boston.

Engravings

album: 23,2 x 17,8 x 0,6 cm composition: 22,8 x 121,6 cm secondary supports: 22,4 x 17,4 cm

PH1979:0545

• exterior view

- Grey paper covered cover boards and spine covered with black tape, printed black lettering and drawing on front cover. Two leaves of plates, one glued inside front cover and one folded : glued together in two places, 7-page concertina folded panorama (first page is attached to inside back cover of album).

imprinted and dated

Boston Massachusetts États-Unis

• architecture
• urbanisme

• trees
• people
• chimneys (architectural elements)
• houses
• obelisk
• city
• roofs
• hall
• hills
• canals
• hospitals
• bridges (built works)
• buildings
• fences
• streets
• islands
• sea
• sheds
• church towers
• paths
• churches
• mountains
• beaches
• monuments
• convent
• field
• port
• bays (bodies of water)
• cape (landform)
• shops
• sailboats
• observatory
• panorama
• yards
• docks
• sidewalks
• trains (vehicle groupings)
• landings (marine structures)
• factories (structures)
• engraving (print)