Author: Richard P. MalloryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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A Panoramic View from Bunker Hill Monument
Author: Richard P. MalloryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Panoramic View From Bunker Hill Monument
Author: Richard P. MalloryPublisher:
ISBN: 9781332175284
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Excerpt from Panoramic View From Bunker Hill Monument: Engraved by James Smillie The view from Bunker Hill Monument, for varied beauty and extent, is one of the finest in the world - and is rendered doubly interesting from the fact of its embracing so many places intimately associated with important events connected with the history and patriotism of the country. This engraving, and explanatory key, are published to meet a want long felt by strangers visiting the monument, and who are unacquainted with the localities in the neighborhood. It is hoped, however, from the very careful and faithful manner in which the work has been accomplished, that it will meet a welcome reception from the residents of the cities and towns included in the landscape. The city of Boston, and its relation to the surrounding country, is very favorably presented to the eye from this point of view. At one glance is seen all the railroads - seven in number - and every other avenue connecting Boston with the country - excepting, only, the two bridges from South Boston, and Washington street, over the neck. The position of these last named places, however, cannot fail to be understood. The commerce and trade of Boston are increasing with an unparalleled rapidity - mainly attributable to her railroads. There are now - May, 1848 - two hundred and twenty-eight trains of cars passing over the railroads in Boston every day. In 1845, these roads carried two millions two hundred and fifty-four thousand six hundred and eighty passengers to and from Boston. Last year - 1847 - these same roads carried four millions seventy-five thousand six hundred and ninety-eight passengers, nearly doubling their number in three years. The number of passengers and tons of freight carried over each road in 1847, will be found in the key, under the figure designating the road. With the accompanying key will be found some little historical and statistical matter, interesting to those with whom it is not already familiar; also a very brief notice of the Battle of Bunker Hill, and an account of the Monument. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The History of the Indian Mutiny: Giving a Detailed Account of the Sepoy Insurrection in India
Author: Charles BallPublisher: London ; London Printing and Pub.
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 780
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British Family Antiquity: The baronetage of Scotland
Author: William PlayfairPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages :
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A Woman of the Century
Author: Frances Elizabeth WillardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 830
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Anarchist Seeds Beneath the Snow
Author: David GoodwayPublisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1846310253
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
From William Morris to Oscar Wilde to George Orwell left-libertarian thought has long been an important but neglected part of British cultural and political history. This work seeks to recover that indigenous anarchist tradition. It argues that a recovered anarchist tradition could be a touchstone for contemporary political radicals.
The Painting of Modern Life
Author: T.J. ClarkPublisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0525520511
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
From T.J. Clark comes this provocative study of the origins of modern art in the painting of Parisian life by Edouard Manet and his followers. The Paris of the 1860s and 1870s was a brand-new city, recently adorned with boulevards, cafés, parks, Great Exhibitions, and suburban pleasure grounds—the birthplace of the habits of commerce and leisure that we ourselves know as "modern life." A new kind of culture quickly developed in this remade metropolis, sights and spectacles avidly appropriated by a new kind of "consumer": clerks and shopgirls, neither working class nor bourgeois, inventing their own social position in a system profoundly altered by their very existence. Emancipated and rootless, these men and women flocked to the bars and nightclubs of Paris, went boating on the Seine at Argenteuil, strolled the island of La Grande-Jatte—enacting a charade of community that was to be captured and scrutinized by Manet, Degas, and Seurat. It is Clark's cogently argued (and profusely illustrated) thesis that modern art emerged from these painters' attempts to represent this new city and its inhabitants. Concentrating on three of Manet's greatest works and Seurat's masterpiece, Clark traces the appearance and development of the artists' favorite themes and subjects, and the technical innovations that they employed to depict a way of life which, under its liberated, pleasure-seeking surface, was often awkward and anxious. Through their paintings, Manet and the Impressionists ask us, and force us to ask ourselves: Is the freedom offered by modernity a myth? Is modern life heroic or monotonous, glittering or tawdry, spectacular or dull? The Painting of Modern Life illuminates for us the ways, both forceful and subtle, in which Manet and his followers raised these questions and doubts, which are as valid for our time as for the age they portrayed.
Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington
Author: Charles Henry HartPublisher: Franklin Classics
ISBN: 9780342775774
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Eulogy, on Lafayette
Author: John Quincy AdamsThe World of Khubilai Khan
Author: James C. Y. WattPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0300166567
Category : Art and society
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sept. 28, 2010-Jan. 2, 2011.