| Artist | Pierie, William |
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| Former owner | George, III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 |
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| Donor | George, IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 |
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| Date | 1773 |
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| Scale | Scale 1:36,205 |
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| Language | English |
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| Location | British Library |
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| Collection (local) | British Library Collection |
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| Subjects | - Landscapes--Massachusetts--Boston--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
- Boston (Mass.)--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - Boston
- North and Central America
- Suffolk (county)
- United States
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| Extent | 1 drawing : watercolour ; sheet 55.5 x 88.6 cm |
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| Terms and License | - No known copyright restrictions.
- This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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| Notes | - Plan of Boston and its environs surrounded by six views of the areas represented in the map, including Castle William (Fort Independence).||Titled ‘A drawn Plan and six Views of the Town and Environs of Boston: by Lieut. Wm. Pierie, 1773’ in the Catalogue of the Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829.||Titled 'A colored plan of the town and environs of Boston, the capital of new England; drawn by Lieut. Wm. Pierie, of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, in 1773, on a scale of 1 3/4 inch to a mile; with six colored views: viz. i. Boston from Col. Hatch's house, on the road to Dorchester;--ii. View from Dorchester neck;--iii. View from Charlestown;--iv. v. vi. Three views of Castle William' in the Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans, and of the topographical drawings in the British Museum, London, 1844-1861.
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