• A North-West Prospect of Nassau Hall with a Front View of the Presidents House in New Jersey

Language:
  • English
Creator:
  • Tennant, William
Call number:
  • Oversize 6694.73.1764q
Extent:
  • Line, rect. ; 19.8 x 33.5 cm.
Format:
  • Book
Description:
  • Inscription: W. Tennant Del. H Dawkins Sculp. / A North-West Prospect of Nassau-Hall, with a Front View of the Presidents House, in New-Jersey.
  • Frontispiece for: An Account of the College of New-Jersey (Woodbridge, N.J., 1764),
  • Ex has 2 copies of the Dawkins print and one of the Doolittle (View of Nassau Hall, Princeton) all in enclosure with spine title: Nassau Hall / Doolittle and Dawkins prints.
  • Artist information: Tennent was probably either William Mackay Tennent (1744-1810), a member of the Class of 1763, or William Tennent (1740-1777), of the Class of 1758. As William Mackay Tennent would have been in Princeton in 1763, he is the more likely.
  • Copy 3 of the Dawkins print (in excellent condition) available at the University Archives, see, for digital image, URL https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/AC177_c56774-74800
Publisher:
  • [Woodbridge, 1764]
Subject:
  • Princeton University Nassau Hall
  • Nassau Hall (Princeton, N.J.)—In art
  • Universities and colleges—New Jersey—Princeton—In art
  • Landscapes—Northeastern States—1764
Author:
  • Tennant, William
Created:
  • 1764-01-01T00:00:00Z
Date:
  • 1764
Collections:
  • Princeton and the Revolution
  • Treasures of Rare Book Division
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/g158bm054
Location:
  • Special Collections Oversize 6694.73.1764q
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Engraver:
  • Dawkins, Henry, -1786?
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