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[Engraved certificate from the Stonemasons' Guild of Strasbourg].
1771
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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Metadata
- Call Number
- A Middle 29/Drawer 10/GC018/Half Folio/17th-18th c./Artists A-Z GA 2008.00111
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], 1771.
- People
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- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Bird's-eye views—Germany—Strasburg—1771
- Certificates—France—18th century
- Cities and towns—Germany—Strasburg—In art
- Stonemasons—Germany—History—18th century
- Landscapes—Germany—Strasburg—1771
- Buildings trades—Germany—History—18th century
- Guilds—Germany—History—18th century
- Landscapes—Europe—1771
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [Engraved certificate from the Stonemasons' Guild of Strasbourg].
- Call Number
- A Middle 29/Drawer 10/GC018/Half Folio/17th-18th c./Artists A-Z GA 2008.00111
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcn87105129
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], 1771.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1771
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 39.4 x 50 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Engravings
- Depiction: Landscape with view of Strasburg, surrounded by elaborate border depicting the arms of the Upper and Lower Alsace, etc.
- Inscribed in plate: "Wir Geschwohrne Ober- und andere Meister des Ehrs. Handwercks derer Steinmetzen, Steinhauser und Maurer in der Stadt Strassburg bescheinen hiermit, das gegenwartiger Gesell Nahmens Johann Samuel Imhoft . . . ".
- Signed in plate, lower left: "Johannes Striedbeck delineavit et sculpsit Argentorati".
- Signed in ink by various guild members.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Bird's-eye views—Germany—Strasburg—1771
- Certificates—France—18th century
- Cities and towns—Germany—Strasburg—In art
- Stonemasons—Germany—History—18th century
- Landscapes—Germany—Strasburg—1771
- Buildings trades—Germany—History—18th century
- Guilds—Germany—History—18th century
- Landscapes—Europe—1771
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
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/88f2da9f-c92b-4a0f-9d15-8e7fb482ea92/manifest