Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Princeton University.
Call Number
A Middle 36/Drawer 08/GC047/Full Folio/Prints
Identifier
ark:/88435/gt54kx55q
Publisher
n.d. [ca. 1916-1920].
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1916
Extent
1 item
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Photogravures, Sepia
Signed: "Princeton University c. Littig Co. N.Y.".
Inscribed, verso, in hand of Earle Coleman: "Between 1916 and 1920".
Item description: There are seven sepia impressions in a folder labeled ca. 1920.
Depiction: 1916-1920 aerial view of Princeton with inscription "Richar.
Item description: At the turn of the century, Littig & Company commissioned the accomplished artist Richard Rummell (1848-1924) to create watercolors of some of the nations most prestigious colleges. From these watercolors, copper-plates were engraved and a limited number of pulls (engravings) were distributed. Unlike other college views of the period, the Rummell plates are glorious panoramic views of the entire campus. Art historians speculate that since the views appear to be drawn from an altitude of about 300 ft., it is likely that the artist worked from a balloon.

Discovery Information

Subject
Princeton University—In art
Bird's-eye views—New Jersey—Princeton—1916
Landscapes—New Jersey—Princeton—1916
Universities and colleges—New Jersey—Princeton—In art
Landscapes—United States—1916
Landscapes—Northeastern States—1916
Landscapes—Middle Atlantic States—1916

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
Holding location
{@id=https://bibdata.princeton.edu/locations/delivery_locations/13}
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/31043ea1-2b4d-4d78-b287-97029be93181/manifest