Etching
- Title:
- A View of Portsmouth, in New Hampshire, Taken from the East Shore
- Object Name:
- Etching
- Object ID:
- 1913.005.01
- Creator:
- Des Barres, Joseph F. W.
- Place of Origin:
- London, England
- Date:
- 1778
- Description:
- Hand-colored etching of A View of Portsmouth, in New Hampshire, Taken from the East Shore, by Joseph F. W. Des Barres (1721-1824), published in "The Atlantic Neptune," 1778. Ink and watercolor on paper. Two trees and artist seated with easel at left foreground; two cows lying center and left of center foreground. Three-masted ship at right. Across the Piscataqua River, many ships, houses, three church spires [left to right: the South Congregational, Queen's Chapel, the North Congregational] visible. Inscription below: "A View of Portsmouth, in New Hampshire, taken from the East Shore." Unsigned. Matted. In modern black frame with gilded interior, glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-12 W-25.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Date depicted: before 1777. Date issued: 1778. State: probably first. Provenance: from "The Atlantic Neptune," edition of 1778.
The "Atlantic Neptune" was a marine atlas of the Eastern seaboard of North America from Montreal to the Mississippi. It was published from 1774 to 1802. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Edward Tuck
- Subjects:
- Portsmouth NH, Townscapes, Ports, Ships
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