Engraving
- Title:
- View of Portsmouth from the Navyyard.
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2004.502.108
- Creator:
- Bowen, Abel (1790-1850)
Engraver - Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- 1823
- Description:
- Engraving. "VIEW OF PORTSMOUTH FROM THE NAVYYARD. / Drawn and Engraved / by A. Bowen". Horizontal rectangle. Black ink on paper. Expanse of water in foreground with four sailing ships. View of city of Portsmouth on far shore.Many closely spaced three- and four-story buildings, with church steeples rising above them.
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-4.2 W-6.9 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Bowen, Abel (1790-1850)
- Subjects:
- Coasts, Townscapes, Sailing ships, Ports
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