Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
[Swan Street scene viewed from balcony].
Call Number
D North 55/GC131/Box 08/Small/Unidentified Artists/Landscapes and Architecture GA 2009.00993
Identifier
ark:/88435/dch128nt149
Publisher
n.d. [1848?].
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1848
Extent
1 item ; print 13.5 x 20.5 cm. sheet 16.2 x 25.5 cm.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Unidentified Artist [photographer]
Medium: Albumen prints
Inscribed in ink, verso: "British West Indies (?)".
Inscribed in pencil, verso: "6 1/2 inches wide // 4 in high with line // around crop a little // at tot (sic) and bottom to.get prepotions (sic) 11917 // Swan Street Bord (sic) // 1848 1-4".
Provenance: Stamped, "William Agnew Paton // Collection".
Depiction: Narrow street lined with balconied buildings. Building in foreground at left has "Swan Street" sign and lower righte number 54. Barrel cart in foreground inscribed: "[illegible] Mount Pleasant".
Unsigned.

Discovery Information

Subject
Streetscapes—British West Indies
Landscapes—Caribbean Area
Landscapes—British West Indies
Black people—British West Indies—19th century—In art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/c5d941c9-dbc1-4d43-a00f-4ee681c011c0/manifest