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High Street, from the country market-place, Philadelphia: with the procession in commemeration of the death of General George Washington, December 26th 1799.
1800
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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 001/Normal/18th c./Artists A-Z GA 2007.00344
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : [s.n.], 1800.
- People
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- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Funeral rites and ceremonies—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—In art
- Grief—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—In art
- Pennsylvania—History—18th century—In art
- Philadelphia (Pa.)—History—18th century—In art
- Presidents—United States—18th century—Death—In art
- Processions—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—In art
- Washington, George, 1732-1799—Death and burial—In art
- United States—History—18th century—In art
- Soldiers—United States—18th century—In art
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- High Street, from the country market-place, Philadelphia: with the procession in commemeration of the death of General George Washington, December 26th 1799.
- Call Number
- E North 30/GC024/Box 001/Normal/18th c./Artists A-Z GA 2007.00344
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcg445cs052
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : [s.n.], 1800.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1800
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 27.2 x 32.5 cm.
- References
- Roylance, Dale. American Graphic Arts, 1990, p. 83.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Engravings, Color prints
- Depiction: Long funeral procession with soldiers, Washington's pall bearers, and male civilians. A few mourners view procession from beneath bridge.
- Signed in plate, lower left: "Designed & published by W. Birch, enamel painter, 1800".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Funeral rites and ceremonies—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—In art
- Grief—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—In art
- Pennsylvania—History—18th century—In art
- Philadelphia (Pa.)—History—18th century—In art
- Presidents—United States—18th century—Death—In art
- Processions—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—In art
- Washington, George, 1732-1799—Death and burial—In art
- United States—History—18th century—In art
- Soldiers—United States—18th century—In 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/d2879121-c490-4fc4-92cb-717a108e5e2b/manifest