A view of Savanah [sic] as it stood the 29th of March, 1734 / P. Gordon inv. ; P. Fourdrinier sculp. – Vintage Wall Art
![A view of Savanah [sic] as it stood the 29th of March, 1734 / P. Gordon inv. ; P. Fourdrinier sculp., [London : ca. 1735] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0a/0ab2f08fd79e-L.webp)
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A view of Savanah [sic] as it stood the 29th of March, 1734 / P. Gordon inv. ; P. Fourdrinier sculp. comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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A view of Savanah [sic] as it stood the 29th of March, 1734 / P. Gordon inv. ; P. Fourdrinier sculp.
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Few images show a colonial town only a year after its founding, which is what sets this engraving apart. It records Savannah, Georgia, as it looked on March 29, 1734, drawn from Peter Gordon's view and engraved in London by Pierre Fourdrinier about a year later. The settlement had been laid out in 1733 under James Oglethorpe, who brought the first colonists to the bluff above the Savannah River. Bird's-eye views like this one, made for British readers, let people far from the Atlantic see the street plan, the early buildings and the river waterfront of a new English colony.
| Created / published | [London : ca. 1735] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Bird's-eye view prints 1730-1740.Engravings 1730-1740. |
| Notes | Engraving by Pierre Fourdrinier after a drawing by Peter Gordon. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. |
| Subjects | Savannah (Ga.)--1730-1740. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,144 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109634 |
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