tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post8610647653925314889..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: “British Troops barricade Boston harbor against the Beast from the Unknown”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-58525979886291248672011-05-25T08:23:05.656-05:002011-05-25T08:23:05.656-05:00Gotta love the name of the Etsy seller. Verbum sap...Gotta love the name of the Etsy seller. Verbum sap.Chauceriannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-87016792146742713102011-05-24T13:57:36.838-05:002011-05-24T13:57:36.838-05:00Ironically, Habermann’s original engravings were n...Ironically, Habermann’s original engravings were nearly as fanciful as this one. He created them for a German audience that didn’t know what Boston or other American sites looked like, and put in whatever architecture he felt like drawing.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-23187275449937122332011-05-24T13:04:29.815-05:002011-05-24T13:04:29.815-05:00This is obviously a doctored version of Habermann&...This is obviously a doctored version of Habermann's engraving "Vue de Boston." The LOC has several impressions of the original here: <br /><br />http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/96522959/<br /><br />It was apparently a "vue d'optique", because the title is reversed.Peter Ansoffnoreply@blogger.com