Title
A View of the country round Boston taken from Beacon hill : shewing the Lines, Ridouts & Different Encampments of the Rebels also those of his Majesty's Troops under the command of his Excellency Lieut. General Gage, Governor of Massachuset's Bay &c &c. These Drawings are most humbly inscribed to Colonel James of the Royal Artillery by his obliged Servant R.d Williams. / by Lieut. Williams of the Royal Welch Fuziliers.
Creator
Williams, Richard, active 1750-1776, artist.
Publication details
[1775]
Physical details
1 drawing : ink and watercolour ; sheet 17 x 48 cm
Description
View from Boston looking south, with British soldier holding a bayonet standing by a cannon in a battery on top of Beacon Hill in the foreground, Boston rooftops seen beyond the palisade and Castle William at left, Dorchester Point and Dorchester Neck in the middle, and Dorchester at right in the background; key below.
Place
Boston (Mass.)
Additional information
No. 1 of six sheets individually numbered by the artist, depicting the area around Boston as seen from the city during the siege after the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 1775). Signed with initials on plate no. 4: 'R.W.f:'.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.120.38.b.