Back Bay, Boston, MA, 1880, JP Davis, Engineer, F Olmsted, Land. Archt, Original

A Beautifully Detailed, Original Plan of the Proposed Improvement of Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts.  HAND-COLORED.  J P Davis, City Engineer, F L Olmsted, Landscape Architect. From the American Architect and Building News, March 20, 1880.

This picture is extremely hard to find, as the American Architect and Building News not only had a very small circulation during that time, but very few were actually preserved or colored as this has been.  It measures 12 by 8 inches.  Has a mat border and foam core backing (not attached to the picture).  The whole plan measures approximately 16 by 12 inches (with mat border).  Finely detailed and beautifully hand-colored.  Shrink wrapped.

Plan is in VG+ condition with very light browning and some minor crinkling.