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Prospectus Civitatis AERAE a Domo de Newtown
Print 1954-1108

Prospectus Civitatis AERAE a Domo de Newtown

Date1750-1760
OriginEngland
MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching with period color
DimensionsOH: 15 1/8" x OW: 20 7/8"; Plate: H: 10 1/4" x W: 16 3/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1954-1108
DescriptionUpper margin: "12 (crossed out) 77 (in ink)"
Lower margin: "12/ Prospectus Civitatis AERAE a Domo de Newtown. The Town of AIr, from y.e House of Newtowne./ This plate is most humbly Inscrib'd to S.ir Thomas Wallace of Craigy Bartt."Mark(s)Plate is number 12.ProvenanceBefore 1954, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1954-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).