▁fact ." ▁ ▁Prime ▁continued ▁pract icing ▁law ▁until ▁ 1 8 6 1 , ▁when ▁he ▁became ▁part ▁owner ▁and ▁editor - in - ch ief ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Journal ▁of ▁Com merce . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 9 ▁he ▁gave ▁up ▁his ▁editor ial ▁work ▁and ▁revis ited ▁Egypt ▁and ▁the ▁Holy ▁Land . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁at ▁his ▁ins istence ▁that ▁Pr inc eton ▁established ▁a ▁department ▁of ▁art ▁history , ▁to ▁which ▁he ▁don ated ▁his ▁extensive ▁collection ▁of ▁cer am ic ▁art . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 4 , ▁the ▁Trust ees ▁of ▁the ▁College ▁elected ▁Prime ▁as ▁the ▁department ' s ▁first ▁chair . ▁ ▁His ▁interest ▁in ▁art ▁matters ▁brought ▁him ▁into ▁close ▁connection ▁with ▁the ▁Metropolitan ▁Museum ▁of ▁Art ▁in ▁New ▁York , ▁of ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁elected ▁first ▁vice - pres ident ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 4 . ▁ ▁Based ▁on ▁information ▁obtained ▁from ▁a ▁survey ors ▁map ▁of ▁ 1 8 9 8 , ▁W C ▁Prime ▁co - owned ▁( with ▁William ▁Frederick ▁Bridge ) ▁roughly ▁ 6 5 0 ▁acres ▁of ▁pr ist ine ▁al pine ▁land ▁en comp ass ing ▁ 1 2 . 2 ▁a cre ▁L ones ome ▁Lake ▁in ▁the ▁Fran con ia ▁Range ▁of ▁the ▁White ▁Mountains . ▁The ▁two ▁men ▁developed ▁the ▁land ▁with ▁remote ▁hunting ▁cab ins ▁that ▁were ▁primarily ▁used ▁in ▁summer ; ▁Prime ▁was ▁a ▁keen ▁fish erman . ▁Ice ▁was ▁har v ested ▁from ▁the