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<p>[QUOTE="Curioser, post: 9546503, member: 13823"]Found this while going thru boxes of old stock. I don't know if the location is US or somewhere else. It's small at 5 1/2" by 4" but very detailed. The harbor has what look to be steam tug boats, some sort of very long boat with a high angled pole in foreground, a large boat with a central "house" and an arrangement of spikes fore and aft (one tall central one and 3-4 shorter at the base) and something that looks like a 2-deck ferry at left near right side of tree. Foreground has a fenced walk, a warehouse?, a boat with more of the spiked rigging and a 2-horse drawn wagon. </p><p><br /></p><p>The skyline is distinctive for its time. And there are two arched structures which seem to have enclosed side walls at midground toward the center/right. I don't think they are bridges, maybe some sort of boat docking or protection things? Probably a terrible description but I am not great at describing water vessels or architecture. </p><p><br /></p><p>The signature looks like a C or something else, a space, and then a name tat stars with "P" and has 3-4 letters after. There is a short gap and a sloppy "C" or maybe just a slip of ink.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has a crisp foil label "Croston Art Shop 380 Boylston St Boston" on back. Only thing I can find there is a modern lamp shop. No mention of the shop online. This has been a major Boston street as far back as 1722, known as Frog Street, later renamed to "Boylston" after Nicholas Ward Boylston, 1747-1828. I would guess the name was changed after his death but I can't find that out either.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, can anyone hazard a guess at the locale? Or signature? I tried to sharpen it but it got fuzzier. Thanks for your contributions![ATTACH=full]454632[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454634[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curioser, post: 9546503, member: 13823"]Found this while going thru boxes of old stock. I don't know if the location is US or somewhere else. It's small at 5 1/2" by 4" but very detailed. The harbor has what look to be steam tug boats, some sort of very long boat with a high angled pole in foreground, a large boat with a central "house" and an arrangement of spikes fore and aft (one tall central one and 3-4 shorter at the base) and something that looks like a 2-deck ferry at left near right side of tree. Foreground has a fenced walk, a warehouse?, a boat with more of the spiked rigging and a 2-horse drawn wagon. The skyline is distinctive for its time. And there are two arched structures which seem to have enclosed side walls at midground toward the center/right. I don't think they are bridges, maybe some sort of boat docking or protection things? Probably a terrible description but I am not great at describing water vessels or architecture. The signature looks like a C or something else, a space, and then a name tat stars with "P" and has 3-4 letters after. There is a short gap and a sloppy "C" or maybe just a slip of ink. It has a crisp foil label "Croston Art Shop 380 Boylston St Boston" on back. Only thing I can find there is a modern lamp shop. No mention of the shop online. This has been a major Boston street as far back as 1722, known as Frog Street, later renamed to "Boylston" after Nicholas Ward Boylston, 1747-1828. I would guess the name was changed after his death but I can't find that out either. So, can anyone hazard a guess at the locale? Or signature? I tried to sharpen it but it got fuzzier. Thanks for your contributions![ATTACH=full]454632[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454634[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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