Artist: John Carwitham, British, active 1723–41, After: William Burgis, American, active 1716–31, A South East View of the Great Town of Boston in New England…, probably 1731–1736, Colored engraving, sheet: × cm (11 3/4 × 17 5/8 in.), Boston and Philadelphia, two of the most important North American cities in the eighteenth century, were both maritime and commercial centers. Their harbors figure significantly in these two engravings (see ), not just because the open water offered an unobstructed vista but also because the harbors played a dominant role in the cities

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