A design to represent the beginning and completion of an American settlement or farm Dessein qui represente la maniere d'etablir et de parachever une habitation ou ferme Americaine / painted by Paul Sandby, from a design made by his excellency Governor Pownal ; engraved by James Peake. – Vintage Print
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A window into the past: A design to represent the beginning and completion of an American settlement or farm Dessein qui represente la maniere d'etablir et de parachever une habitation ou ferme Americaine / painted by Paul Sandby, from a design made by his excellency Governor Pownal ; engraved by James Peake., preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A design to represent the beginning and completion of an American settlement or farm Dessein qui represente la maniere d'etablir et de parachever une habitation ou ferme Americaine / painted by Paul Sandby, from a design made by his excellency Governor Pownal ; engraved by James Peake.
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Rather than showing a single finished scene, this print presents a sequence: its French and English title describes how a American homestead or farm is first established and then brought to completion. The design came from Governor Pownal, a former royal governor of Massachusetts Bay, and was painted by Paul Sandby and engraved by James Peake for publication by Thomas Jefferys in London in May 1761. Views of North America were in strong demand in Britain at the time, and the plate was reissued in *Scenographia Americana* in 1768.
| Created / published | London : Thos. Jefferys, the corner of St. Martin's Lane, 1761 May 20. |
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| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Landscapes (Representations) 1760-1770.Etchings 1760-1770. |
| Notes | Title from item. Another impression in: Scenographia Americana. London : J. Bowles, 1768. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, Thos. Jefferys the corner of St. Martins Lane in the Strand, Carington Bowles at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, and Henry Parker at No. 82 in Cornhill. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 578 (1768 printing). 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. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2003. |
| Subjects | Farms--1760-1770. Frontier & pioneer life--1760-1770. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,064 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-116950 |
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