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The old violin.
1887
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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
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Metadata
- Call Number
- A Middle 30/Drawer 10/GC024/Full Folio/19th c./Artists M-Z GA 2008.00304
- Publisher
- Kentucky : [s.n.], 1887.
- People
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- Language
- No linguistic content
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The old violin.
- Call Number
- A Middle 30/Drawer 10/GC024/Full Folio/19th c./Artists M-Z GA 2008.00304
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcvh53x797t
- Publisher
- Kentucky : [s.n.], 1887.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1887
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 91 x 66.5 cm.
- References
- Roylance, Dale. American Graphic Arts, 1990, p. 191.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Chromolithographs
- Depiction: Violin and bow, sheet music, addressed envelope, and news clipping hang on wooden door. Untrimmed margins showing registration marks, color keys, and ink bleed.
- Signed on stone, lower left [on envelope]: "W.M. Harnett".
- A note from a reader: "There is only one version of the old violin.the first production run was done by Wm. M Donaldson, Donaldson Lithographing in cincinnati,Ohio. After that business was sold Wm M (my Great Grandfather) built The Donaldson Art Sign Co in Covington Ky, accross the river from Cincinnati. The same stones were used for all production runs. All prints were dated 1887 for Copyright. The first run was marked Donaldson Lithographing. Later runs said Donaldson Art Sign. great grandfather received title to the work in partial payment of a large and growing debt. the piece above is not an artists proof.all sheets were shipped with full margin(including color bars and registration) the prints are actually water transfer decals. The top(second)coat of varnish is a water based glue and the un printed sheets were coated with water based varnish and adhesive. the prints were placed in a waterbath and applied to a clean sheet of glass. then the paper backing was pealed away. t
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Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
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/e341fed2-d8f2-4d02-aaf8-dac042ea46d9/manifest