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High Street, from Ninth Street, Philadelphia.
1799
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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 2008.00186
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : [s.n.], 1799.
- People
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- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Cities and towns—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—In art
- Landscapes—United States—1799
- Landscapes—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—1799
- Streetscapes—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—1799
- Soldiers—United States—18th century—In art
- Landscapes—Middle Atlantic States—1799
- Landscapes—Northeastern States—1799
- Landscapes—Lake States—1799
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- High Street, from Ninth Street, Philadelphia.
- Call Number
- E North 30/GC024/Box 001/Normal/18th c./Artists A-Z GA 2008.00186
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc2v23w6294
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : [s.n.], 1799.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1799
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 26 x 32 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Irwin Schorsch.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Engravings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Landscape with view down cobblestone street, brick buildings, small group of soldiers on horseback in foreground.
- Inscribed in plate, lower right: "Sold by R. Campbell and Co. No. 50 Chestnut St. Philad[elphi]a, 1799".
- Signed in plate, lower left: "Drawn engraved & published by W. Birch & Son".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Cities and towns—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—In art
- Landscapes—United States—1799
- Landscapes—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—1799
- Streetscapes—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—1799
- Soldiers—United States—18th century—In art
- Landscapes—Middle Atlantic States—1799
- Landscapes—Northeastern States—1799
- Landscapes—Lake States—1799
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/0051a50b-6bc4-465e-8c9e-01152ce949e3/manifest