- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Trustee Garden Depiction
- Creator:
- Pine, John, 1690-1756
- Publisher:
- Georgia Photo File, Neg. 2497, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GA
- Date of Original:
- 1732
- Subject:
- Gardens--Georgia--Savannah
Trees--Georgia--Savannah
Mountains--Georgia--Savannah
Men--Georgia--Savannah
Tree felling--Georgia--Savannah
Buildings--Georgia--Savannah
Axes--Georgia--Savannah - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- engravings (prints)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Even before the Savannah settlement was a reality, artist John Pine produced this imaginary depiction of clearing the land. The central clearing in the background of his 1732 engraving may reflect the early planners' vision of a public garden as an integral part of the new colony.
Image of an engraving of men working to clear the land in the settlement of Savannah, Georgia. Workers are cutting down trees with axes. A building has been erected and stands on the right. Peaked mountains rise in the background.
Even before the Savannah settlement was a reality, artist John Pine produced this imaginary depiction of clearing the land. The central clearing in the background of his 1732 engraving may reflect the early planners' vision of a public garden as an integral part of the new colony. General James Oglethorpe established the Trustee Garden in Savannah in 1734, a year after the founding of the Georgia Trust. The garden comprised about ten acres to the east of the area then settled. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/trustee-garden/m-10665/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries
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Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries - Original Collection:
- Georgia Photo File, Neg. 2497, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GA
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/trustee-garden
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Georgia Photo File - Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
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