1980s "The Old North Church, Boston Common" Hand-Printed and Numbered Cityscape Photograph Boston Mass.

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The Old North Church on a lovely spring day in the Boston Common is a late 20th century photo image … Read more The Old North Church on a lovely spring day in the Boston Common is a late 20th century photo image size is 21 3/4 x 15” black and white photograph is hand printed on 20” x 24” watercolor paper and hand painted in traditional transparent oil paints. It is not framed and not mounted.Hence there may be some variation in the wave of the paper. It is signed 86’ by Alene Dowden and numbered 4/25 and has a limited number of 25 prints

Old North Church (officially, Christ Church in the City of Boston), at 193 Salem Street, in the North End, Boston, is the location from which the famous "One if by land, two if by sea" signal is said to have been sent. This phrase is related to Paul Revere's midnight ride of April 18, 1775, which preceded the Battles of Lexington and Concord during the American Revolution.

The church is a mission of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. It was built in 1723 and is the oldest standing church building in Boston and a National Historic Landmark. Inside the church is a bust of George Washington, which Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, reportedly remarked was the best likeness of the first president he had ever seen. See less