[Williamsburg, Va., ca 1740] – Antique Wall Art
![[Williamsburg, Va., ca 1740], [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/bf/bfbdf7343fd4-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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Step back in time with [Williamsburg, Va., ca 1740], a historic print rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Williamsburg, Va., ca 1740]
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Williamsburg, Virginia, served as the capital of the colony from 1699 until the government moved to Richmond in 1780, and the record gives this print's date only as circa 1740. By that time the town was laid out along Duke of Gloucester Street, linking the Capitol at one end with the Governor's Palace at the other, and the College of William & Mary stood nearby. The record does not name the maker or the exact view, so the print is best read as a glimpse of a planned colonial town at a moment when it was the political center of Virginia.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on shelflist card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Williamsburg, Va. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,127 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109719 |
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