View of King Street, Boston

Franz Xaver Habermann (German, 1721–1796)

about 1778

Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving with hand coloring

DimensionsSheet: 34.5 × 44.2 cm (13 9/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

Credit LineThe Richard Balzer Collection—Gift of Patricia Bellinger Balzer

Accession number2019.885

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InscriptionsIn plate, at center above image, reversed: VUE DE BOSTON In plate, at left above image: Collection des Prospects In plate, below image, at left: Prospect der Konig Straße gegen das Land Thor zu Boston In plate, below image, at right: Vue de la Rue du Roi vers la Porte de la Campagne a Boston In plate, below inscriptions: Se vend à Augsbourg au Negoce commun de l'Academie Imperiale de l'Empere des Arts liberaux avec Privilege de Sa Majesté Imperiale et avec Defense ni d'en faire ni de vendre les CopiesProvenanceMay 22, 2015, sold at Bubb Kuyper Veilingen, Haarlem, NL, auction 62, lot 5419, to an unidentified Dutch book and camera dealer; 2015, sold by that dealer to Richard Balzer (b. 1944 - d. 2017), Brookline, MA; by inheritance to Patricia Bellinger; 2019, gift of Patricia Bellinger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 24, 2019)