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View of the Bridge over Charles River, Massachusetts
John Scoles (American, active 1793 – 1844)
1795
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Credit Line
Bequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler
Accession Number33.879
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Stauffer 2830; Bev. B. 282
DescriptionThis view of the bridge that linked Boston and Charlestown at roughly the same location as today's North Washington Street Bridge was originally published to accompany a short notice, "Description of Charles River Bridge," in The New-York Magazine; or, Literary Repository, vol. 6 (September 1795): 513.
Signed
In plate, at lower right: Scoles
InscriptionsIn plate, at lower right: Scoles, sc.
In plate, below image: View of the Bridge over Charles River, Massachusetts
In plate, below image: View of the Bridge over Charles River, Massachusetts
ProvenanceBequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler, in 1933