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The night of an illumination.
1806
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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
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1806.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Vues d'optique—Specimens
- Night—England—London—In art
- Crowds—England—London—19th century—In art
- Great Britain—Kings and rulers—19th century—Portraits
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820—Portraits
- Landscapes—England—London—1806
- Streetscapes—England—London—1806
- Landscapes—Europe—1806
- Moon—In art
- Portraits
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The night of an illumination.
- Call Number
- D East 60-62/GC138/Box 03/Normal/Miscellaneous GA 2024.01034
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcz890s687f
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1806.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1806
- Extent
- 1 item
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Unidentified Artist [engraver]
- Medium: Engravings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: London street at night with the king in a royal carriage, and many other carriages and people who came out to watch an illumination.
- Item description: Perforated hold-to-light work.
- Signed in plate, lower right: "R. M.".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Vues d'optique—Specimens
- Night—England—London—In art
- Crowds—England—London—19th century—In art
- Great Britain—Kings and rulers—19th century—Portraits
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820—Portraits
- Landscapes—England—London—1806
- Streetscapes—England—London—1806
- Landscapes—Europe—1806
- Moon—In art
- Portraits
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 4
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
-
https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/1abb7f67-d2fb-4f17-8c03-c0b738408c94/manifest