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The East prospect of the City of Philadelphia, in the Province of Pennsylvania.
1761
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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
- Call Number
- E North 30/GC024/Box 001/Normal/18th c./Artists A-Z GA 2008.00188
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1761.
- People
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- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Cities and towns—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—In art
- Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)—In art
- Ships—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—In art
- Waterfronts—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—In art
- Rivers—New Jersey—In art
- Rivers—Pennsylvania—In art
- Landscapes—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—1761
- Landscapes—United States—1761
- Landscapes—Middle Atlantic States—1761
- Landscapes—Northeastern States—1761
- Landscapes—Lake States—1761
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The East prospect of the City of Philadelphia, in the Province of Pennsylvania.
- Call Number
- E North 30/GC024/Box 001/Normal/18th c./Artists A-Z GA 2008.00188
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcx346dh08s
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1761.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1761
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 19 x 42.4 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Alfred E. Kay, Princeton University Class of 1912.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Engravings
- Depiction: A view of Philadelphia from New Jersey; inset of the Battery, upper right.
- Inscribed in plate, upper center: "Engraved for the London Magazine".
- Unsigned.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Cities and towns—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—In art
- Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)—In art
- Ships—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—In art
- Waterfronts—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—In art
- Rivers—New Jersey—In art
- Rivers—Pennsylvania—In art
- Landscapes—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—1761
- Landscapes—United States—1761
- Landscapes—Middle Atlantic States—1761
- Landscapes—Northeastern States—1761
- Landscapes—Lake States—1761
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/133a4862-1e31-41a6-96f6-d5480dd91e6d/manifest