"Aerial" View of Boston, circa
An imaginary aerial view of Boston, centering on Beacon Hill and the Massachusetts State House. Since the state house dome was gilded in 1874, this was obviously made prior to that date. The view is to the south, so that the Boston Common, darkened as though in the shadow of a cloud, stretches east to west. We saw this at the Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, at an exhibit called Crossing Boundaries: Art//Maps.
"Aerial" View of Boston, circa
An imaginary aerial view of Boston, centering on Beacon Hill and the Massachusetts State House. Since the state house dome was gilded in 1874, this was obviously made prior to that date. The view is to the south, so that the Boston Common, darkened as though in the shadow of a cloud, stretches east to west. We saw this at the Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, at an exhibit called Crossing Boundaries: Art//Maps.