Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
House at Prospect.
Call Number
E Row 1/GC059/Box 24/Normal GA 2006.02561
Identifier
ark:/88435/3f462f966
Publisher
[1797]
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1797
Format
Visual material
Extent
1 drawing : pen and ink ; sheet 22 x 26.5 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift Miss Julia Morgan Harding; 1943
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Unsigned.
Attribution and date based on: "Prospect, the Seat of Mr. Morgan at Princeton," 1797, Maria Templeton (watercolor, Morven Museum collection).
Medium: Pen drawings on paper
Depiction: Landscape with view of Prospect, family strolling near trees, two soldiers on horseback, farmer herding cattle.
Accompanied by typed note, "This Indian ink drawing of Prospect was presented to the Library by Miss Julia Morgan Harding, with the condition that it should not be exposed to strong sunlight." Paper is very brittle.

Discovery Information

Subject
Prospect House (Princeton University)—Pictorial works
Landscapes—United States
Buildings—New Jersey—Princeton—In art
Universities and colleges—New Jersey—Princeton—In art
Landscapes—New Jersey—Princeton
Landscapes—Northeastern States
Landscapes—Middle Atlantic States

Physical Characteristics

File Count
3

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
Princeton and the Revolution
Holding location
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IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/0090a86c-c511-4eb9-8e4e-eb91c87e3de2/manifest