Subject
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Wren Building (Williamsburg, Va.)
Capitol (Williamsburg, Va.)
Lantern Slides - Hand colored - 1930-1940
Description
Lantern slide featuring a photograph of an engraving made from the Bodleian plate, an 18th-century copperplate discovered at the Bodleian Library that provided crucial visual evidence of the appearance of several public buildings in 18th-century Williamsburg.
This was one of the most exciting and important discoveries during the initial research carried out by Foundation historians. Mary Goodwin, a cousin of Dr. Goodwin, found this 18th-century copper plate at Oxford University's Bodleian Library. It is thought to have been an illustration created for an unpublished description of Virginia by William Byrd II.