AMERICAN SCHOOL (19th Century). Breed's Island. Oil on canvas on board. 3-3/4 x 10-1/4 inches (9.5 x 26.0 cm). Title han...

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AMERICAN SCHOOL (19th Century)
Breed's Island
Oil on canvas on board
3-3/4 x 10-1/4 inches (9.5 x 26.0 cm)
Title handwritten in ink on back of backed canvas preserved in photograph adhered to verso

THE JEAN AND GRAHAM DEVOE WILLIFORD CHARITABLE TRUST


Breed's Island, known originally as Hog's Island, is one of five five islands that comprised East Boston prior to its annexation by Boston in 1836. Breed's Island is actually a hill, which measures 152 feet in elevation at its highest point. Boston's very first Italian immigrants settled on the hill in the 1860s and '70s. Today the area is known as Orient Hill. In the 18th century, Breed's Island was the site of the second battle of the Revolutionary War, the Battle of Chelsea Creek.




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