Engraving
- Title:
- View of Portsmouth from the Navy Yard
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.266
- Creator:
- Bowen, Abel (1790-1850)
Engraver - Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- 1823
- Description:
- Engraving. View of Portsmouth from the Navy Yard, by Abel Bowen (1790-1850), 1823. Ships and boats in the sea in middle ground. Townscape of Portsmouth, NH in background with houses and church steeples. Rolling mountains and clouds beyond. Inscription left and right under image: "Drawn and Engraved by A. Bowen". Center margin: "VIEW OF PORTSMOUTH FROM THE NAVYYARD." Unframed.
From John Farmer and Jacob B. Moore, A Gazetteer of the State of New Hampshire. Embellished With An Accurate Map of the State, and Several Other Engravings by Abel Bowen. Concord, NH: Jacob B. Moore, 1823. Facing page 218 - Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-4.35 W-6.7 inches
- Provenance:
- From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
- People:
- Bowen, Abel (1790-1850)
- Subjects:
- Portsmouth, NH
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