Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Boston from the Ship House, West End of the Navy Yard, 1833.
Call Number
A Middle 30/Drawer 07/GC023/Full Folio/18th-20th c. GA 2009.00416
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcmw22vm10q
Publisher
New York : [s.n.], 1901 (restrike) ; 1833 (original plate).
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1901
Extent
1 item ; sheet 51 x 67 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Leonard L. Milberg, Princeton University Class of 1953. Given 2009.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Restrikes, Aquatints
Item description: A modern restrike printed in 1901 by the Club of Odd Volumes from the original Bennett aquatint plate, this copy lower centers the hand-coloring that makes most Bennett's views so attractive.
Signed in plate, lower left: "Painted by W.J. Bennett".
Signed in plate, lower right: "Engraved by W.J. Bennett".
Signed in plate, lower center: "Entered according to act of Congress in the 1833 by H.I. Margery . . . New York".

Discovery Information

Subject
Landscapes—Massachusetts—Boston
Cities and towns—Massachusetts—Boston—In art
Harbors—Massachusetts—Boston—In art
Landscapes—United States
Ships—Massachusetts—Boston—In art
Waterfronts—Massachusetts—Boston—In art
Landscapes—New England
Landscapes—Northeastern States

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/4083eb37-9d9b-4137-8e78-3e4acafe5ad2/manifest