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AAS #:	15
Name:	New Boston State House built on Beacon Hill in 1795
View:	New State House
Description:	Plate 5” in dark blue with a repetitive rose and leaf medallion border. The center of the plate is outlined by a dentil-style border. The center shows a close up of the Boston State House designed by Charles Bulfinch and completed on Beacon Hill in 1795.  The State House is set off by clouds and is enclosed by a fence in the foreground.
Potter:	John & William Ridgway, 1814-1830 (Cauldon Place) Hanley
Date:	ca. 1825
Artist:	Nathaniel Dearborn (1786-1852) Illustrator; Abel Bowen (1790-1850) Engraver
Marks:	(On reverse) No printed Ridgway mark [see AAS#: 206]
View Source:	Engraved by Abel Bowen (after Nathaniel Dearborn), printed by Henry Bowen, and published by Charles Shaw in 1817 in A Topographical and Historical Description of Boston (AAS: Dated Books Collection).
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