c. 1793 Engraved Print titled, A S.W. View of the STATE HOUSE in Boston, by Hill

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c. 1793 "A S.(outh) W.(est) View of the STATE HOUSE in Boston Historic Engraved Print by Samuel Hill
July, 1793 Federal Period, Engraved Print titled, "A S.W. View of the STATE HOUSE in Boston, engraved by Samuel Hill (1766-1803), for "The Massachusetts Magazine," Framed, Very Fine.
Built in 1713, it was the seat of the Massachusetts General Court until 1798, and is one of the oldest public buildings in the United States. This depiction of the (Old) State House includes a street scene with horses, carriages, wagons, people walking about, and the masts of ships in the far background. This image was issued in the periodical, "The Massachusetts Magazine", in July 1793. The image size measures 8" x 11.75" within the full plate size measures 9.5" x 12". This print shows two vertical folds as shown and a single faint horizontal fold appears well beneath the building. Tone is noted scattered about the lower margin and there is a small waterstain at extreme lower right corner which just touches within the image. Housed in a very old wooden frame that has actual wear which really adds to the character of this piece, with a period brass ring for hanging at top. The State House is one of the oldest buildings in Boston and it is must-see stop on the "Freedom Trail" in Boston. An important early Boston engraving, the first of this rarity we've handled; we note another example in the Boston and New York Public Libraries. This current example is ready to hang on display.

The Old State House is a historic building in Boston, Massachusetts, at the intersection of Washington and State Streets. Built in 1713, it was the seat of the Massachusetts General Court until 1798, and is one of the oldest public buildings in the United States.

One of the landmarks on Boston's Freedom Trail, it is the oldest surviving public building in Boston, and now serves as a history museum that, through 2019, was operated by the Bostonian Society until January 2020. On January 1, 2020, the Bostonian Society merged with the Old South Association in Boston to form Revolutionary Spaces. The Old State House was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960 and a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 1994.
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