Palace Green, Colonial Williamsburg
- Title:
- Palace Green, Colonial Williamsburg
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Nicholson, Francis (City Planner, English, 18th century)
Lincoln, Fay Sturtevant (American photographer, 1894-1975)
- Creation Date:
- 1699 (design)
ca. 1934-ca. 1950 (photograph)
- Location:
- Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 543
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00543
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 00543.jpg
- Style/Period:
- American Colonial
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- gates
entrances
Potted plants
Brick walls
Carriages
Horses
animals by form
Escutcheons (Coats of arms)
unicorns
Lions
Imaginary/Mythological creatures
History
Gardens
Palace Green, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
Greens
costume by form
historic sites
townscapes (built environment)
photographs - Measurement:
- 23.8125 x 18.7325 (centimeters)
- Description:
- "When Governor Francis Nicholson drew the plan of Williamsburg in 1699, he arranged its streets and spaces with attention to the relationships of purpose and power in the colony's new capital. Thus the city's main north-south axis commands twice the breadth of its central east-west t horoughfare and rolls imperiously 900 feet to the gates of the Governor's Palace. Palace green was intended to focus the eye as well as the mind on the source of executive authority in Virginia and to provide the stately official residence at its head with an unimpeded vista to the heart of the community and beyond. In its progress from the College of William and Mary, Duke o f Gloucester Street slips past the foot of the green at Bruton Parish Church and moves on to the Capitol." Source: Colonial Williamsburg Web Site:
- Source:
- Data from: A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/albumen.htm - Cite As:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photograph Collection, #15-5-3090. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White architectural photograph collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in this collection are in the public domain and are believed to have no known U.S. copyright or other restrictions. The Library does not charge for permission to use these materials and does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute them. However, as a good scholarly practice we recommend that all patrons cite the Library as the source of the reproduction. For a more detailed explanation please read the Library Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections at http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright.