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HAND COLORED WOOD ENGRAVING OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY IN PERIOD MAPLE FRAME

An mid-19th century colored wood engraving titled "View of the New Jersey College at Princeton New Jersey" depicting Nassau Hall in what is now Princeton University. This lovely hand colored rendition shows several walking women and a man aboard a horse, the background dominated by historic Nassau Hall, the largest academic building in the United States at the time, completed in 1756. It was here in 1783 that George Washington received formal thanks from the U.S. Congress for his efforts during the Revolutionary War. Now in a period maple frame. Provenance: The Old Print Shop, New York. Labeled on verso.

H. 10.5" W. 13.5" D. 2" (framed) H: 8.5 W: 11.5 (sight)
P1122-1
$750.00

Style: English Country
Origin: American
Period: 19th Century

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