Beacon Hill, from Mount Vernon Street, near the head of Hancock Street

Beacon Hill, from Mount Vernon Street, near the head of Hancock Street

Item Information

Title:
Beacon Hill, from Mount Vernon Street, near the head of Hancock Street
Artist:
Smith, John Rubens, 1775-1849
Date:
[ca. 1811–1812]
Format:
Paintings
Drawings/Illustrations
Genre:
Watercolors
Pencil works
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Pictorial Archive
Series:
Neighborhoods > Beacon Hill
Subjects:
Hills
Buildings
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Beacon Hill
Approximate former site of Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts
Extent:
1 drawing : watercolor and pencil ; 11 1/2 x 17 in.
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Notes:
Title from the lithograph of the watecolor created by J.H. Bufford & Company.
Item is part of a series of drawings by British artist J.R. Smith of the excavation of Beacon Hill. The Boston Public Library owns both the original pencil and watercolor sketches and a series of lithographs by J.H. Bufford & Company. Title is likely from the Bufford & Company lithograph and not Smith's title. There is no indication that Smith titled his sketches.
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
08_02_002266
Call #:
G.Cab. 5.1 No. 4a (no longer used)