A view of Boston by the governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay

An early view of Boston, looking across the Charles River, from Castle Hill, with South Cove, South Battery, Long Wharf and Fort Hill. Pownall (1722-1805) sketched the city while he was governor (1757-60, during the French-Indian Wars). On his return to England his sketch was enlarged into a painting by the Irish artist Herbert Pugh (1735-88), which was then engraved by Peter Charles Canot. Canot's engraving was then copied for the Universal Magazine.