A view of Savanah [sic] as it stood the 29th of March, 1734 / P. Gordon inv. ; P. Fourdrinier sculp. – Historic Photo Reproduction
![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/97/977969d066ce-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique engraving captures A view of Savanah [sic] as it stood the 29th of March, 1734 / P. Gordon inv. ; P. Fourdrinier sculp. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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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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This engraving records Savannah as it stood on March 29, 1734, less than a year after James Oglethorpe brought the first colonists up the Savannah River in 1733. The drawing was made by Peter Gordon, a surveyor in the colony, and engraved in London by Pierre Fourdrinier, who published it around 1735 for readers curious about the new settlement in Georgia. The bird's-eye vantage shows the planned town of streets and open squares laid out at the start, a grid that still shapes the city's historic center.
| 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 | 1,465 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218575 |
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