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The life and age of man.
1835
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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
The Graphic Arts Collection holds prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, sculpture, and printed ephemera along with an international book collection specializing in fine press,
Metadata
- People
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- Author
- Alden, Albert, 1812-1883
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Broadsides—Massachusetts—Barre—1835
- Broadsides—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Borders, Ornamental (Decorative arts)—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Temptation in art
- Gluttony in art
- Devil in art
- Broadside poems—United States—19th century
- Conduct of life—Poetry
- Alphabets—Poetry
- Life cycle, Human, in art
- Printed ephemera—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Ephemera—19th century
- Poetry
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The life and age of man.
- Call Number
- C South 08/Drawer 07/GC179/Half Folio GA 1998.00027
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcg732dq47v
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1835
- Extent
- 1 broadside : ill. (wood engraving) ; sheet 55.3 x 41.6 cm.
- References
- Mills, Laura K. American allegorical prints: constructing an identity, Yale University Art Gallery, 1996.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Wood engravings
- Campus holdings: Similar print already in GA VM 14061, this print lower centers the female figures in lower right and lower left.
- Item description: Copy of obituary published in anniversary issue of the Barre Gazette.
- Depiction: Representative figures of a man at infancy and ages 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, and 100. Inset below shows the Devil tempting two men with gluttony.
- Signed in plate, lower center: "Printed by Thompson and Alden, Barre, Mass.-- Copy right secured.".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Broadsides—Massachusetts—Barre—1835
- Broadsides—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Borders, Ornamental (Decorative arts)—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Temptation in art
- Gluttony in art
- Devil in art
- Broadside poems—United States—19th century
- Conduct of life—Poetry
- Alphabets—Poetry
- Life cycle, Human, in art
- Printed ephemera—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Ephemera—19th century
- Poetry
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/6791b30b-7b98-402f-9db0-3378c4210ad4/manifest