Seal of New York – Historic Reproduction
(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.)
Description
Seal of New York comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Seal of New York
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A small engraved seal of New York, dated 1818, stands out because its record says it was lifted from a larger engraving of the Declaration of Independence, so the image was made to be a detail within a bigger work. The plate is credited to Geo. Murray and published by John Binns, a Philadelphia printer and radical émigré from Ireland. Engravings like this were common in the early nineteenth century, when states used official seals on documents and printers reproduced them to show civic pride. The record's details come from an older caption card and have not been independently verified.
| Created / published | 1818 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Notes | Engraving by Geo. Murray. Published by John Binns. Details from an engraving of the Delcaration of Independance. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,062 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-106085 |
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