Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Tree of Liberty.
Call Number
A Middle 30/Drawer 10/GC024/Full Folio/19th c./Artists M-Z GA 2007.00005
Identifier
ark:/88435/dck3569h579
Publisher
New York : [s.n.], n.d. [ca. 1846]
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1846
Extent
1 item ; sheet 78.5 x 58.4 cm.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Unidentified Artist [woodcutter]
Medium: Woodcuts, Hand coloring
Depiction: [as described by vendor] 'The two sides of the Great Seal and 31 states are represented in circular symbolic medallions arrayed in the branches of a large tree in chronological order of statehood (Texas and Florida being the last, in 1845). Each of the state medallions, which incorporate the state seals, has a small plaque beneath it giving the date the state was settled, when it was admitted to the union, figures for population and square miles, and statistics regarding railroads, canals, and post-roads. At the base of the tree are three figures--a harvest goddess, a blacksmith, and a sailor--representing agriculture, industry and commerce, done in a charming, naïve style; the lower corner feature vignettes dipicting the landing of Columbus and the landing of the Pilgrims.'
Unsigned.

Discovery Information

Subject
Americana
Statehood (American politics) in art
United States—History—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/a2a85e26-dd30-4ffa-9ffa-b35be7cf9fce/manifest