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View of the great fire in New York, Decr. 16th & 17th 1835, as seen from the top of the Bank of America Cor. of Wall & Wm. St.
1836
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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
- Call Number
- A West 24/Drawer 06/GC106/Full Folio/19th c./Artists A-L GA 2008.00221
- Publisher
- New York : [s.n.], 1836.
- People
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- Related Name
- Calyo, Nicolino, 1799-1884
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Disasters—New York (State)—New York—In art
- Fires—New York (State)—New York—In art
- New York (N.Y.)—History—19th century—In art
- New York (State)—History—19th century—In art
- Ruins—New York (State)—New York—In art
- United States—History—19th century—In art
- Fire engines—New York (State)—New York—In art
- Fire fighters—New York (State)—New York—In art
- Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)—History—20th century—In art
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- View of the great fire in New York, Decr. 16th & 17th 1835, as seen from the top of the Bank of America Cor. of Wall & Wm. St.
- Call Number
- A West 24/Drawer 06/GC106/Full Folio/19th c./Artists A-L GA 2008.00221
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc2v23w732m
- Publisher
- New York : [s.n.], 1836.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1836
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 73.4 x 59.2 cm.
- References
- Stokes, Iconography of Manhattan Island, vol. III, no. 114a
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Aquatints, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Streets scene. Crowds watch as fire fighters attempt to extinguish entire block of burning buildings.
- Signed in plate: "Published by L.P. Clover, New York. // Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1836 by L.P. Clover in the Office of the Southern District of New York.".
- Signed in plate, lower left: "Painted by N. Calyo".
- Signed in plate, lower right: "Engraved by W.J. Bennett".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Disasters—New York (State)—New York—In art
- Fires—New York (State)—New York—In art
- New York (N.Y.)—History—19th century—In art
- New York (State)—History—19th century—In art
- Ruins—New York (State)—New York—In art
- United States—History—19th century—In art
- Fire engines—New York (State)—New York—In art
- Fire fighters—New York (State)—New York—In art
- Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)—History—20th century—In art
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
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/f5138144-1701-4b44-9b10-c0db25a8276a/manifest