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Burning of Zenger's 'Weekly Journal' in Wall Street, November 6, 1734

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808334


Item data

Title

Burning of Zenger's 'Weekly Journal' in Wall Street, November 6, 1734

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1701s-1740s

Names

Fenn, Harry, 1838-1911 (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1908-05

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-170

Subjects

United States -- 1700-1799
Zenger, John Peter, 1697-1746
Censorship -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1730-1739
Punishment devices -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1730-1739
Cobblestone streets
Stocks (Punishment)
Pillories
Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)

Genres

Conjectural Works

Notes

Content: Printed on border: "Based on original records and prints in Lenox Library and New York Historical Society. The buildings to the right are the City Hall and the Presbyterian Church. The original Trinity Church is indicated in the distance. The stocks, whipping-post, cage, and pillory are shown at the head of Broad Street"
Source Note: Harper''s magazine. (New York : Harper Brothers, 1850-).

Physical Description

Halftone photomechanical prints
Extent: 22 x 13 cm (8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17168624
Barcode: 33333159309000
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): da58dcf0-c52f-012f-35f8-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1908-05

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