Mottram, Charles
Charles Mottram (1807 - August 30, 1876) was an English steel plate, aquatint, and mezzotint engraver active in the 19th century. His work includes a vast corpus of views and illustrations ranging from engraved issues of famous paintings to unique city views. Mottram's work is admired application to steel plates of "sky tints" with the use of a ruling machine. Many of Mottram's plates enjoyed enduring popularity and were reissued well beyond his death into the 20th century.
Steel-engraved view of Boston.
Boston.
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This is an 1857 view of Boston Harbor by John William Hill. The view exhibits sweeping majesty, is finely engraved and impressively proportioned, and is thus one of the finest mid-19th-century large-format views of Boston Harbor. It reveals a bustling harbor with ships of all nations and types. In the foreground, fishermen and dockworkers ply their trade. In the background, the Bunker Hill Monument and various church steeples are visible. A stamp identifying this as a proof state appears in the lower left. (more details)