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First landing of Columbus in the New World.
1854
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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
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E North 30/GC024/Box 008/Normal/19th c./Artists Du-Dz GA 2007.00411
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : [s.n.], 1854.
- People
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- Author
- Wissler, Jacques, 1803-1887
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Title pages—Specimens
- Columbus, Christopher—Portraits
- Explorers—Italy—15th century—Portraits
- Portraits, Italian—15th century
- Illustration of books—United States—19th century—Specimens
- America—Discovery and exploration—Spanish—In art
- Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868. New universal atlas—Illustrations
- American literature—19th century—Illustrations
- Leaves (gathered matter).
- Portraits
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- First landing of Columbus in the New World.
- Call Number
- E North 30/GC024/Box 008/Normal/19th c./Artists Du-Dz GA 2007.00411
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcjs956t91z
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : [s.n.], 1854.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1854
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 43.4 x 33.5 cm.
- References
- New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World; title page.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Chromolithographs
- Depiction: Columbus and his men kneeling before a priest, being blessed.
- Signed in plate, lower right: "J. Wissler delt.".
- Signed in plate, lower right: "Chromolith. of P.S. Duval Philada.".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Title pages—Specimens
- Columbus, Christopher—Portraits
- Explorers—Italy—15th century—Portraits
- Portraits, Italian—15th century
- Illustration of books—United States—19th century—Specimens
- America—Discovery and exploration—Spanish—In art
- Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868. New universal atlas—Illustrations
- American literature—19th century—Illustrations
- Leaves (gathered matter).
- Portraits
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/fd7c98af-5bb5-42d6-9116-83fc212dfb85/manifest