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Columbus breaking the egg.
1753
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Omega Project
Project Omega was conceived by the Library's Strategic Council - a scoped three year project aimed to facilitate the effective discovery and presentation of our collections, with a focus on the digitization of the Special Collections Graphic Arts backlog in Firestone library.
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
The Graphic Arts Collection holds prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, sculpture, and printed ephemera along with an international book collection specializing in fine press,
Metadata
- Publisher
- 1753/12/01.
- People
-
- Author
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Columbus, Christopher—Portraits
- Frontispiece—Specimens
- Illustration of books—Great Britain—18th century—Specimens
- Explorers—Italy—15th century—Portraits
- Explorers—Italy—16th century—Portraits
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. Analysis of beauty
- English literature—18th century—Illustrations
- Portraits, Italian—15th century
- Portraits, Italian—16th century
- Portraits
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Columbus breaking the egg.
- Call Number
- D North 53/GC113/Box 01/Normal GA 2024.00840
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcxg94j4075
- Publisher
- 1753/12/01.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1753
- Extent
- 1 item
- References
- Paulson 194
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings
- Item description: Originally receipt ticket for Analysis of Beauty. Subsequently, its frontispiece. 2nd state.
- Signed in plate, below: "Design'd & etched by Wm. Hogarth Decem. 1. 1753".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Columbus, Christopher—Portraits
- Frontispiece—Specimens
- Illustration of books—Great Britain—18th century—Specimens
- Explorers—Italy—15th century—Portraits
- Explorers—Italy—16th century—Portraits
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. Analysis of beauty
- English literature—18th century—Illustrations
- Portraits, Italian—15th century
- Portraits, Italian—16th century
- Portraits
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/75d3a088-a606-4ec8-8ddf-86f54529fb6a/manifest