Title
[View of the country round Boston taken from Beacon hill].
Creator
Williams, Richard, active 1750-1776, artist.
Publication details
[1775]
Physical details
1 drawing : ink and watercolour ; sheet 17 x 47.6 cm
Description
View from Boston looking south-west, with the Common and John Hancock's mansion near the Dragoons' camp in the foreground, and the Boston Neck isthmus, the enemy lines, Roxbury Meeting House and the road to Cambridge seen across Charles River in the background; key below.
Place
Boston (Mass.)
Additional information
No. 2 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:'. Title on plate no. 1 and dedication and production details on plates no. 2-4: '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'.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.120.38.c.