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La destruction de la statue royale a Nouvelle Yorck [view 1, copy 1] // [The destruction of the royal statue in New York [view 1, copy 1]].
1721-1796
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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
- D East 60-62/GC138/Box 02/Normal/Vues d'Optique/Not Perforated GA 2024.00998
- Publisher
- n.d.
- People
-
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Vues d'optique—Specimens
- New York (State)—History—Revolution, 17751783—Destruction and pillage—In art
- New York (N.Y.)—History—Revolution, 17751783—Destruction and pillage—In art
- United States—History—Revolution, 17751783—Destruction and pillage—In art
- Soldiers—United States—18th century—In art
- United States. Continental Army—History—In art
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- La destruction de la statue royale a Nouvelle Yorck [view 1, copy 1] // [The destruction of the royal statue in New York [view 1, copy 1]].
- Call Number
- D East 60-62/GC138/Box 02/Normal/Vues d'Optique/Not Perforated GA 2024.00998
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc8336hf52j
- Publisher
- n.d.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1721-1796
- Extent
- 1 item ; plate 29.8 x 40.5 cm.
- References
- Roylance, Dale. American Graphic Arts, 1990, p. 55.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Engravings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Following the printing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, copies were carried throughout the country and reached New York on July 10th. Soldiers and citizens gathered in Bowling Green to pull down the hated symbol of British rule, the statue of George the III.
- Item description: Prospect for a hold-to-light work, unperforated. This is one of three almost identical prints with different colors and the same subject. This print has colors that are darker than the other two. Buildings are in purple and pink. The statue is pink, purple, and yellow.
- Signed in plate, lower right: "Grave par Francois Xav Habermann".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Vues d'optique—Specimens
- New York (State)—History—Revolution, 17751783—Destruction and pillage—In art
- New York (N.Y.)—History—Revolution, 17751783—Destruction and pillage—In art
- United States—History—Revolution, 17751783—Destruction and pillage—In art
- Soldiers—United States—18th century—In art
- United States. Continental Army—History—In art
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
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/1a324f8f-16b2-42f7-841a-c068962e9be1/manifest