Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Princeton University.
Call Number
A Middle 36/Drawer 08/GC047/Full Folio/Prints
Identifier
ark:/88435/jh344280r
Publisher
1920.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1920
Extent
1 item ; sheet 35 x 70 cm.
References
IAN 83:112
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Photogravures, Color prints
Signed in plate, lower right: "Princeton University Littig Co., N.Y.".
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
Bird's-eye views—New Jersey—Princeton—1920
Landscapes—New Jersey—Princeton—1920
Universities and colleges—New Jersey—Princeton—In art
Princeton University—In art
Landscapes—United States—1920
Landscapes—Northeastern States—1920
Landscapes—Middle Atlantic States—1920

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/c404c7d9-5954-4d70-837a-195823f23ce7/manifest