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• "Western Theological Seminary at Allegheny city." From Sherman Day's Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: George W. Gorton 1843. 2 1/4 x 4. Wood engraving. $35

• A.J. Davis. "Amherst College, Mass." London: Hinton, Simpkin & Marshall, April 15, 1831. 4 1/8 x 6 1/4. Steel engraving by Fenner, Sears & Co. Very good condition. $95

• "Amherst College, at Amherst." 1851. 3 3/4 x 5 3/4. Wood engraving. $45

  
  

• W.P. Snyder. "The Pratt Gymnasium at Amherst College." From Harper's Weekly. February 21,1885. 9 1/8 x 13 1/2. $40

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Arcadia University

• "Beaver College at Beaver." From William H. Egle’s An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Civil, Political, and Military . . . Harrisburg: DeWitt C. Goodrich & Co., 1876. 1 5/8 x 3. Wood engraving. Very good condition. Beaver College (now Arcadia University) at its former location in Western Pennsylvania. $30

Bowdoin College

• "Bowdoin College, Brunswick." 1851. 3 7/8 x 5 7/8. Wood engraving. $45
  
  

• "State Normal School at Bloomsburg." From William H. Egle’s An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Civil, Political, and Military . . . Harrisburg: DeWitt C. Goodrich & Co., 1876. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2. Wood engraving. Very good condition. $45

Bristol College

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• "Brown University." From Wonders of the World. 1845. 4 3/4 x 7 7/8. Wood engraving. Very good condition. $75

Bucknell University

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California University of Pennsylvania

• "South-Western College, California." From Eli Bowen's The Pictorial Sketch-Book of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: William Bromwell, 1853. Wood engraving. 3 3/8 x 4 3/4. A view of the building of the original college in the third quarter of the nineteenth century.$40

University of Chicago

• Louis Kurz. "Chicago University." From Chicago Illustrated. Chicago: Jevne & Almini, 1866. With literary descriptions by James W. Sheahan. Tinted lithographs by the Chicago Lithographing Company. Ca. 8 1/4 x 12. A few repaired tears and chips in right margin, overall very good condition. With original text sheet.

  In 1856, Stephen A. Douglas offered ten acres of land on the south side of Chicago to a denomination which would build university for the city. The Presbyterians considered the offer, but declined, but the first Baptist Church of Chicago accepted. The students began to enroll in 1858, though the first building wasn't completed until February 1859. The main building was constructed in 1863 and for a while the University was successful. The great fire of 1871 and panic of 1873, left the University in debt and it closed at the end of the academic year of 1885-86. Some of the trustees, trying to keep the University alive, approached John D. Rockefeller for support. Rockefeller decided to finance the resurrection, and his funds along with local contributions allowed the new University of Chicago to open in 1892. This iamge shows the original building, with students on the grounds in front, including a pair on their way to rowing practice. $850

• "University of Chicago." Ca. 1890. 3 3/8 x 7 1/2. Screen print. $30

Cincinnati Wesleyan Female College

• B.B. Chamberlain. "Cincinnati Wesleyan Female College." From The Ladies' Repository: A Monthly Periodical, Devoted To Literature and Religion. Cincinnati, August 1850. 4 3/4 x 7. Steel engraving. $60

  
  
  

• Richard Rummell. "Colby College." [Waterville, Maine]. New York: W.T. Littig & Co, 1909. 14 1/8 x 27 1/2. Sepia photogravure on chine applique by A.W. Elson, Boston. $400

• "Colby University, Waterville, Maine." Ca. 1890. 3 7/8 x 4 3/8. Wood engraving. $30

• "James Colgate." Early 20th century. 7 x 5 7/8. Etching. Facsimile signature in image. $45

• A.J. Davis. "Columbia College." London: Hinton, Simpkin & Marshall, May 15, 1831. 4 1/8 x 6 1/4. Steel engraving by Fenner, Sears & Co. Very good condition. $125

• "Cornell University, Ithaca, New York." From photographs by J. Beardsley and sketches by Theo R. Davis. From Harper's Weekly. New York: Harper's Weekly, June 21, 1873. Double folio. Wood engraving. $150

  
  Prints by Albert E. Milliken.

  • [Willard Straight Hall]. 1926. 14 1/4 x 10 1/2. Etching. Signed in image. $175
    
    
  • [Uris Tower #1]. Ca. 1930. 18 1/2 x 11 7/8. Etching. Signed with monogram in image. $225
    
    
  • [Uris Tower #2]. 1930. 14 1/8 x 9 3/4. Etching. Signed in image. $175
    
    

    
    

• Christian Meadows. “Dartmouth College.” New Hampshire: B.D. Howe, 1851. 12 1/8 x 18 5/8. Engraving by Meadows. Some discoloration at bottom edge of margin; short, repaired tears at edges of margins, none affecting image. Else, excellent condition.

  This large and handsome view of Dartmouth College was undertaken in 1851 by three members of the college: E.T. Quinby, Geo. W. Gardner and Charles Caverno, who upon inquiry in Boston, found that the finest engraver in the region was at the time imprisoned at Windsor, Vermont for counterfeiting currency.

  Christian Meadows, born in England ca. 1814, had come to the United States in the 1830s. After marrying in Boston in 1839, he worked there for ten years. In 1849 he was caught in a counterfeiting plot while in the employ of printer and engraver William W. Wilson.

  After conviction, Meadows was sentenced to prison in Windsor, where he served three years. The Superintendent of the prison, Henry Harlow, allowed Meadows to travel to Dartmouth under guard, in order to make drawings in preparation for executing the engraving. Meadows was pardoned and released on July 4, 1853. He set up in Windsor as an engraver until 1859, after which time there is no record of him. $1,800

  
  

• "East College, De Pauw University, Greencastle, Indiana." Ca. 1890. 5 x 6 3/8. Screen print. $40

• J. Frankenstein. "Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa." From The Ladies' Repository. Cincinnati, August 1856. 5 x 7 3/8. Engraving by F.E. Jones. $110

• From a photograph by Chapman, Carlisle. "Dickinson College, Carlisle." From William H. Egle’s An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Civil, Political, and Military . . . Harrisburg: DeWitt C. Goodrich & Co., 1876. 2 3/4 x 4 3/4. Wood engraving. Very good condition. $40

• [Collage of Dickinson College buildings] Ca. 1890. 6 x 4 1/2. Wood engraving. $40

• "Dickinson College." Early 20th century. 3 x 6 1/4. Wood engraving. Hand color. $45

  
  

• Richard Rummell. [Dickinson College] New York: W.T. Littig & Co., 1910. 13 1/4 x 27 1/8. Sepia photogravure on faux vellum. Signed in pencil. Remarque in lower left margin. Excellent condition. $400

• "The Drew Theological Seminary, at Madison, New Jersey." From Harper's Weekly. New York: December 4, 1873. 13 1/2 x 9 1/2. Wood engraving. Eight images of the campus and founder, along with text about the Seminary. $65

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• "The Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee." From Harper's Weekly. New York: January 22, 1876. 6 1/8 x 8 7/8. Wood engraving. $45

• "Marshall College, Mercersburg." From Sherman Day's Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania. Wood-engraving. 2 1/2 x 4. An image of Marshall before merging with Franklin in 1853. $40

• "Geneva Medical College." 1851. 3 1/8 x 4 1/8. Wood engraving. $30

• R. Hinshelwood. "Medical College of Georgia." From Graham's Magazine. 1844. 3 1/2 x 5 7/8. Steel engraving. $75

• "Medical College of Georgia." 1851. 3 3/4 x 6. Wood engraving. $40

• "Pennsylvania College, at Gettysburg." From Sherman Day's Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania. Wood-engraving. 2 1/4 x 3 7/8. An image of Gettysburg College before changing to its current name in 1921. $35

• "Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg." From William H. Egle’s An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Civil, Political, and Military . . . Harrisburg: DeWitt C. Goodrich & Co., 1876. 3 1/8 x 4 3/4. Wood engraving. Very good condition. Another view of Gettysburg College before taking its current name in 1921. $45

• "Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass." From Malte-Brun's A System of Geography. Boston: Samuel Walker, 1834. 4 5/8 x 7 3/8. Octavo. Steel engraving. Very good condition. $85

• "Harvard University." From Wonders of the World. 1845. 4 7/8 x 7 7/8. Wood engraving. Very good condition. $45

• "Harvard College." From History of the United States. 3 1/2 x 4. Wood engraving. $40

  
  

• After Photographs by Pach Brothers. "Harvard University." From Harper's Weekly. June 27, 1885. 13 3/4 x 9. Wood engraving. $60

• Henry Sandham. "Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of Harvard -- The Students' Procession." From Harper's Weekly. November 20, 1886. Wood engraving. 9 1/4 x 13 5/8. Good condition. $45

• "Harvard University, Cambridge." Early 20th century. 3 1/2 x 6 3/8. Wood engraving. Hand color. $45

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• Don Swann (1889-1954). [Gilman Hall-Johns Hopkins University.] 7 1/4 x 6. 29/200. $175

• Theo R. Davis. "The Howard University, Washington, D.C." From Harper's Weekly. Late 19th century. 5 7/8 x 9 1/8". Wood engraving. $70

• "University of Indiana, Bloomington, Indiana." Ca. 1890. 3 x 6 1/8. Screen print. $30

• "Irving Female College, Mechanicsburg." From William H. Egle’s An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Civil, Political, and Military . . . Harrisburg: DeWitt C. Goodrich & Co., 1876. 2 1/2 x 2 7/8. Wood engraving. Very good condition. A view of the first degree-granting college for women in Pennsylvania. Chartered in 1857, it was named for Washington Irving; it closed in 1929. $25

University of Kentucky

• "University of Kentucky." New York: W.T. Littig & Co, 1911. 15 x 27 1/2. Sepia photogravure after Arthur Elder. $400

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• "Pardee Hall, Lafayette College, at Easton, Pa." From William H. Egle’s An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Civil, Political, and Military . . . Harrisburg: DeWitt C. Goodrich & Co., 1876. 4 x 7 1/2. Wood engraving. Very good condition. $25

Lehigh University

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• "Theological Seminary, at Gettysburg." From Sherman Day's Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania. Wood-engraving. 2 1/8 x 3 7/8. An image of the Seminary 17 years after its founding in 1826. $35

• "Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg." From William H. Egle’s An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Civil, Political, and Military . . . Harrisburg: DeWitt C. Goodrich & Co., 1876. 3 1/8 x 7 1/4. Wood engraving. Very good condition. $50

• Richard Rummell. [University of Maine-at Orono]. 1909. 13 3/4 x 27 3/4. Signed in pencil. Sepia photogravure on parchment paper. $375

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• From a photograph by Wm. L. Gill. "State Normal School at Millersville." From William H. Egle’s An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Civil, Political, and Military . . . Harrisburg: DeWitt C. Goodrich & Co., 1876. 3 1/4 x 4 5/8. Wood engraving. Very good condition. $40

• "Missouri State University, Columbia, Mo." Ca. 1880. 4 x 8 3/4. Relief half-tone. $45

• H.D. Nichols. [Mount Holyoke College.] 1908. 171/4 x 29 1/2. Sepia photogravure by W.T. Littig. Signed in plate and in pencil. $400

• F. Folly. "View of the Seminary Buildings from the Pleasure-Ground. 1855." Ca. 1860. 3 3/4 x 6. Engraving by G.G. Lange. $125

• "Campus of Muskingum College Showing Present and Proposed Buildings." [New Concord, Ohio]. New York: Adams & Grace, ca. 1910. 10 3/8 x 22 3/8. Sepia photogravure on parchment paper. $275

• "State Agricultural College. Ovid, Seneca County." [N.Y.] [1865]. 2 1/8 x 4. Vignette. Steel engraving. $25

• "North Carolina College, Mt. Pleasant." Ca. 1876. 3 x 6 1/4. Wood engraving. $30

• "The Northwestern University." From Harper's Weekly. New York: September 20, 1873. 13 5/8 x 9 1/4. Wood engravings with text. Three images: "President C.H. Fowler"; "The Museum" and "Heck Hall, University Hall, Lake Michigan." $65

• Kent Hagerman. "Northwestern University-Chicago Campus." ca. 1930. 6 3/4 x 10. Etching. Signed in pencil. $300

• "Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Indiana." Ca. 1890. 3 x 6 vignette. Screen print. $30

• "Ogden College." [view of ruins after Chicago Fire]. 1871. 2 7/8 x 4 3/8. Wood engraving. Full hand color. $18

• "Oglethorpe University." 3 3/8 x 6. Wood engraving. $40

Ohio Wesleyan University

• "Ohio Wesleyan University. Delaware. O." From The Ladies' Repository: A Monthly Periodical, Devoted To Literature and Religion. Cincinnati: November 1855. 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. Steel engraving. $75

• "Université de Philadelphie." From Jean B.G. Roux de Rochelle. Etats-Unis d’Amerique. Paris: Firmin Didot freres, [1837]. Octavo. Steel engraving by Traversier. Hand color. Framed.

  A steel engraving of the University of Pennsylvania in its original location in what is now called Center City, from a octavo set of illustrations by the French Minister to the U.S., Roux de Rochelle. The volume included 96 images of the United States; it was first issued in 1837 as part of a larger series entitled L’Univers. The work and its plates were reissued in several French editions, one Italian edition in 1839, and one Spanish edition in 1841. They form one of the most interesting series of views of Philadelphia from the first half of the nineteenth century. $150

Pennsylvania State University

• "Pennsylvania State College." From William H. Egle’s An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Civil, Political, and Military . . . Harrisburg: DeWitt C. Goodrich & Co., 1876. 2 7/8 x 4 3/4. Wood engraving. Very good condition. $40

  
  

• Richard Rummell. "The Pennsylvania State College." [Penn State]. Published in New York by Littig & Company, 1910. Photogravure. Uncolored as issued. Very good to excellent condition.

  At the turn of the century, a small New York art publisher, Littig & Company commissioned various artists to create a series of watercolor paintings of some of the nations most prestigious colleges and schools. From these water colors, engravings in photogravure were made on copper plates and distriubuted, in limited number, to the various schools and to a few art dealers throughout the country. Many may still be seen in the Administration building and in the offices of the Deans in many of the region's finest schools. These prints differs widely from other college prints in their panoramic quality: indeed, in many cases, they offer the only panoramic views available today. Each artist visited a campus and conferred with the Administration about future buildings authorized for the school. He would then draw these projected buildings into the campus scene, which was projected from an apparent altitude of about 300 feet. In some cases, this gives the viewer the impression that the scene was painted perhaps ten years later. On a few occasions, building plans were subsequently altered which resulted in an inaccurate depiction of the college. Many find these minor alterations historically interesting and amusing. $750

Princeton University

• "College of New Jersey, at Princeton." From History of the United States. 3 x 4 3/8. Wood engraving. $40

• "Princeton College, New Jersey." Ca. 1880. 3 3/8 x 5 1/8. Wood engraving. Very good condition. $55

• "The Chancellor Green Library, Princeton College." Ca. 1890. 3 x 4 1/2. Screen print. $30

  
  
  

• "Richmond College, Richmond, Virginia." From Harper's Weekly. New York: Harper's Weekly, June 14, 1873. Wood engraving. $45

  
  
  

• "Swarthmore College, Delaware County." From William H. Egle’s An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Civil, Political, and Military . . . Harrisburg: DeWitt C. Goodrich & Co., 1876. 3 1/2 x 6 1/4. Wood engraving. Very good condition. $65

  
  
  

• "University of Toronto." From James D. McCabe's The Pictorial History of the World. Philadelphia, et al.: National Publishing Co., 1878. 2 1/2 x 4 1/4. Wood engraving. $45

  
  
  

• "Trinity College, Hartford, Conn." From Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion. Ca. 1855. 5 1/8 x 8 3/4. Wood engraving. Very good condition. $75

  
  
  

• “Military Academy West Point N.Y.” From The Analectic Magazine. 1820. 3 3/16 x 6 1/2. Engraving. Very good condition. $325

• "Military School, West Point, N.Y." From Malte-Brun's A System of Geography. Boston: Samuel Walker, 1834. 5 1/2 x 7 7/8. Steel engraving by J. Archer. Full hand color. Very good condition. $85

• "Military School, West Point, N.Y." From John H. Hinton's The History And Topography Of The United States of America. London & New York: John Tallis & Co., 1850. 4 3/8 x 6 1/4. Steel engraving. $75

• Theodore R. Davis. "Cadet Life at West Point." From Harper's Weekly. New York: July 1, 1868. 13 5/8 x 20 5/8. Wood engraving. $175
  
  

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• "University of Utah, 1894, Salt Lake City, Utah." Ca. 1895. 3 1/8 x 6 1/2. Wood engraving. $40

  
  
  

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• "University of Vermont." New York: W.T. Littig & Co, 1908. 13 1/2 x 27 1/2. Sepia photogravure after H. B. Nichols. $375

  
  
  

• 'Drawn from nature.' "View of the Virginia Military Institute. Lexington, VA." Washington: Casimir Bohn, 1858. Chromolithograph by E. Sachse & Co. 13 1/2 x 21 1/4. Bright image, but some old stains remain. The paper has been conserved. Wide margins top and sides, but bottom line of text is cut in half. Two repaired tears into left margin. Paper weakened along vertical line in the middle from weather coming through wood slats. Overall good condition. Framed.

  A very scarce print of Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia, showing the school just prior to the outbreak of the Civil War. Thomas (the future Stonewall) Jackson was on the faculty, and the school had graduated many other Southern officers. It continued to function during the war even as students were killed when serving in the armies. The print was lithographed in colors by Edward Sachse's firm out of Baltimore, which produced some of the finest images of the mid-Atlantic region of the nineteenth century. The school is set into a bucolic scene, with various pedestrians, riders, and carriages on the road. A lovely image of this important military academy. $3,800

  
  
  

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• "Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana." Ca. 1890. 4 x 6 5/8. Wood engraving. $45

• "Female Seminary at Washington." From William H. Egle’s An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Civil, Political, and Military . . . Harrisburg: DeWitt C. Goodrich & Co., 1876. 3 x 3 3/4. Wood engraving. Very good condition. $30

  
  
  

• "Washington College." From Sherman Day's Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: George W. Gorton 1843. 2 1/8 x 3 7/8. Wood engraving. In 1865, Jefferson College of Canonsburg, and Washington College merged to form Washington & Jefferson College. The former campus of Jefferson College became Jefferson Academy. $40

• "Washington and Jefferson College, at Washington." From William H. Egle’s An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Civil, Political, and Military . . . Harrisburg: DeWitt C. Goodrich & Co., 1876. 3 x 3 3/4. Wood engraving. Very good condition. $35

Washington and Lee University

• Don Swann (1889-1954). "Valentine's Recumbent Figure of Robert E. Lee." [Tomb of Robert E. Lee, Lexington, VA]. 8 x 6 1/2. 30/300. $75

Washington Medical College (Baltimore)

• "Washington Medical College, Baltimore." From The Wonders of the World, . . . compiled by Robert Sears from the Best and Latest Resources. New York: Edward Walker, 1845. 4 x 5 5/8. Wood engraving. Very good condition.

  As of the turn of the 21st century at least part of this handsome building was still standing. After the Washington Medical College moved from the site in the mid 19th century, the structure served as Washington Hill Hospital and later as the Church Hospital. $45

Wesleyan Female College

• "Wesleyan Female College, Cincinnati, Ohio." Late 19th century. 4 1/2 x 6 7/8". Wood engraving. $45

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Widener University

• "Chester Military Academy." From William H. Egle’s An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Civil, Political, and Military . . . Harrisburg: DeWitt C. Goodrich & Co., 1876. 3 1/2 x 4 3/8. Wood engraving. Very good condition. Became Pennsylvania Military College in the late 19th century and in the 1970s, Widener University. $40

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• "View of University of Wisconsin." From Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion. Ca. 1850. 5 1/4 x 8 3/4. Wood engraving. Very good condition. $75

• A.J. Davis. "Yale College & State House, New Haven, Connecticut." From Malte-Brun's A System of Geography. Boston: Samuel Walker, 1834. 5 1/4 x 7 3/8. Steel engraving by J. Archer. Full hand color. Very good condition. $95

• "Yale College, at New Haven." From American Magazine of Useful Knowledge. 1834. 3 1/4 x 5 5/8. Wood engraving. $30

• John Warner Barber "Eastern View of the Public Square or Green in New Haven Ct." From Connecticut Historical Collections. New Haven, [1836] Engraved by A. Willard. $65

• A. J. Davis. "Yale College & State House, New Haven, Connecticut." Philadelphia: N.A. Bibliographic Institution. 3 5/8 x 5 7/8. Steel engraving. Full hand color. [Illustrated above] $60

• W.H. Bartlett. "Yale College (New Haven)." From American Scenery. 4 7/8 x 7 1/4. Steel engraving. Hand color. $95

• "New Haven Connecticut, View Looking South West, Across the Green, towards Yale College." (With three vignettes and decorative border) London: John Tallis, ca. 1850. 3 5/8 x 6 1/8. Steel engraving. Very good condition. $55

• "View of Yale College, in New Haven, Conn." Boston: Gleason's Pictorial, 1851. 5 7/8 x 8 3/4 Wood engraving. $40

• "Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut." Boston: Gleason's Pictorial, 1853. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2. Wood engraving. $40

• "Yale College." From History of the United States. 3 7/8 x 4 1/4. Wood engraving. $40

• W.H. Bartlett. "Yale College. (Newhaven)." 4 7/8 x 7 1/4. Photographic reproduction of Bartlett's classic image. Uncolored: $15; Hand colored: $30; with mat, add $10.

  
  
  

In 1812, Philadelphia bookseller and publisher Moses Thomas purchased a monthly magazine entitled Select Reviews, engaged Washington Irving as editor, and renamed the publication The Analectic Magazine. Irving, his brother-in-law J. K. Paulding, Gulian C. Verplanck and, later, Thomas Isaac Wharton wrote much of the material, which concentrated on literary reviews, articles on travel and science, biographies of naval heroes, and reprints of selections from British periodicals. Illustration "was one of the magazine's chief distinctions. Not only were there the usual engravings on copper, but some of the earliest magazine experiments in lithography and wood engraving appeared here. The plates were chiefly portraits, though some other subjects were used." (Mott, A History of American Magazines) This is a particularly wonderful image from the magazine, drawn by Philadelphia genre painter John Lewis Krimmel. Krimmel captured better than anyone the life of the common American citizen in the first few decades of the nineteenth century. His charming scenes are filled with wonderful detail of the dress, objects and environment of everyday life. $175

Massachusetts:

Warren. "Female Seminary, Charlestown." From Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion. Ca. 1850. 5 1/8 x 6 7/8. Wood engraving. With brief descriptive article. $40

Female Seminary, Mount Washington, South Boston

A.C.W. "Female Seminary, South Boston." Ca. 1850. 5 1/4 x 7. Wood engraving. $40

Wesleyan Academy

Wm. Merrick. "Wesleyan Academy-Boarding House. Erected, 1860-1. Wilbraham, Mass." 3 1/4 x 6. [1861]. Steel engraving. $45

Pennsylvania:

"Clermont Seminary, near Philadelphia." Philadelphia, November 1810. From The Port Folio. 4 1/4 x 7 1/4. Engraving. Very good condition.

As with the many magazines on the nineteenth century, The Port Folio contained numerous illustrations, including this print of Clermont Seminary. This school was located at Heart Lane and Nicetown Lane, between Germantown and Frankford. It was a noted boarding school for boys, built in 1804 by two brothers, John Thomas and Charles Carre, in 1804. The located their school on the highest point between Germantown and the Delaware, a spot commonly called 'Mount Clermont.' $125

"The Old Germantown Academy, Established 1760." From William H. Egle’s An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Civil, Political, and Military . . . Harrisburg: DeWitt C. Goodrich & Co., 1876. 4 3/4 x 7 3/4. Wood engraving. Very good condition. $65

Girard College

• "Girard College." From The Casket: Flowers of Literature, Wit and Sentiment. Philadelphia: Samuel Atkinson, ca 1830. 3 1/2 x 6 1/2". Engraving.

  Another magazine illustration from published in The Casket about 1830. $90

• C.R. "Girard College in Philadelphia." New York: H. J. Meyer, [1852]. 4 1/8 x 6 1/8. Steel engraving by John Poppel. Hand color. Phillips: 104; Prints of Philadelphia: 177. $65

• "Girard College. (Philadelphia.) 1862." Philadelphia, prob. December 1862. 10 1/4 x 16. Engraving. Very good condition.

  A "Ledger Carriers Annual Greeting" bonus print issued to subscribers to the Ledger newspaper. Such prints were handed out at Christmas time by the paper carriers, both as a bonus for the subscribers, but also to inspire some reciprocal tips. The main building is shown flanked by four side structures from outside the grounds, across Girard Avenue. Pedestrians, a man on horseback, a carriage, and a street trolley are all wonderfully depicted in the foreground. This is an updated version (the trolley substituted for stage coach) of a print originally issued by August Köllner in 1848. $525

  
  

Diploma for "The Central High School of Philadelphia. The Board of Public Education of the First School District of Pennsylvania. By authority of the Commonwealth granted... this day conferred the degree of Master of Arts upon William Stephens a graduate of the class of July 1845..." [With signatures of the President, Board of Public Education and professors. 28 x 19 1/2 paper size. Engraved on vellum with three illustrations at top of the school and the seal of the state of Pennsylvania, with light blue graduation ribbon and blind stamp]. $225

Mercersburg Academy

Richard Rummell. "The Mercersburg Academy." New York: Littig & Co., ca 1910. 12 3/8 x 26 5/8. Sepia photogravure. Very good condition. $375

Opheleton Female Seminary (later the Bushkill Ward Academy)

Manning. "Opheleton Female Seminary." Ca. 1852. 6 1/8 x 9. Wood engraving. Very good condition. $40

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