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The first impression. Guttenburg [sic] shewing his daughter the first proof sheet of his Bible printed from movable type.
1808-1897
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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 32/GC024/Box 024/Normal/19th c./Artists Sa-Sh GA 2007.00638
- Publisher
- n.d.
- People
-
- Author
- Sartain, John, 1808-1897
- Related Name
- Selous, Henry Courtney, 1811-1890
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Portraits, German—15th century
- Gutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468—Art
- Printers—Germany—15th century—Portraits
- Printing presses—Germany—In art
- Fathers and daughters—Germany—15th century—Portraits
- Inventions—Germany—History—15th century—In art
- Inventors—Germany—15th century—Portraits
- Magazine illustration—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Occupations—Germany—15th century—In art
- Portraits
- Art
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The first impression. Guttenburg [sic] shewing his daughter the first proof sheet of his Bible printed from movable type.
- Call Number
- E North 32/GC024/Box 024/Normal/19th c./Artists Sa-Sh GA 2007.00638
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc0v838c69j
- Publisher
- n.d.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1808-1897
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 15.7 x 25 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Engravings
- Depiction: Printing history scene. Gutenberg shows printed sheet of paper to his daughter, who is seated in wooden chair next to bookstand. Printer leans on printing press at left.
- Inscribed in plate, above: "Sartain's Magazine".
- Signed in plate, below: "Engraved by J. Sartain.--The original by H. Selous".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Portraits, German—15th century
- Gutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468—Art
- Printers—Germany—15th century—Portraits
- Printing presses—Germany—In art
- Fathers and daughters—Germany—15th century—Portraits
- Inventions—Germany—History—15th century—In art
- Inventors—Germany—15th century—Portraits
- Magazine illustration—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Occupations—Germany—15th century—In art
- Portraits
- Art
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/7457f11e-7f0b-498a-b58c-c63043264915/manifest