COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
31308
Record number:
31308-1
JCB call number:
D764 B635a
Image title:
A North-West Prospect of Nassau-Hall, with a Front View of the Presidents House, in New-Jersey.
Creator 1:
William Tennant
Creator 1 dates:
1705-1777
Creator 1 role:
del.
Creator 2:
Henry Dawkins
Creator 2 dates:
d. 1786?
Creator 2 role:
Sculp
Place image published:
[Woodbridge, New Jersey]
Image publisher:
[James Parker]
Image date:
[1764]
Image function:
fold-out frontispiece
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
19.9 cm.
Image dimension width:
33.3 cm.
Page dimension height:
24.9 cm.
Page dimension width:
35 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English
Description:
View of Nassau Hall and the president's house at present-day Princeton University. Also includes people walking, fences, horse, dog, and dwellings.
Source creator:
Blair, Samuel, 1741-1818
Source Title:
An account of the College of New-Jersey ...
Source place of publication:
Woodbridge, New Jersey
Source publisher:
Printed by James Parker
Source date:
1764
notes:
Built in 1756, Nassau Hall served as the site of the first legislature of the state of New Jersey; it was where the first governor of the state was inaugurated, it was used extensively and extensively damaged during the Revolutionary War, and, for three months in 1783, it was the capitol of the United States.
Time Period:
1751-1800
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
North America
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings:
Nassau Hall (Princeton, N.J.)
Subject headings:
College buildings--New Jersey
A North-West Prospect of Nassau-Hall, with a Front View of the Presidents House, in New-Je...
