Details
Creator Collins, John, 1814-1902, artist.
Contributor Sinclair, Thomas S., ca. 1805-1881, printer.
Title South east view of West-town Boarding School. Chester Co. Penna. Instituted 1794, opened 1799, enlarged 1847. [graphic] / On stone by J. Collins.
Publisher Philadelphia: T. Sinclair's lith
Date [ca. 1858]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph mounted on paper; 34 x 43 cm.(13.5 x 17 in.)
Description Genre winter scene showing male students frolicking in the snow at the east end of the main building of the co-educational Quaker boarding school. Boys build snowmen, have snow ball fights, and sled on the snow-laden grounds covered with footsteps. Westtown was established in 1794 by the Society of Friends as a boarding school for boys and girls. The campus was separated into the girls' and boys' bounds, i.e., yards for recreation. Sledding, or coasting, was a favorite winter activity.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Mount contains printed border.
Date inferred from companion prints (colored and uncolored) in the collection of Westtown School Archives, Westtown, Pa.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 221
Westtown School Archives holds multiple copies.
Stamped on recto: Harold E. Gillingham Collection.
Subject Westtown Boarding School.
Society of Friends -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Westtown.
Boarding schools -- Pennsylvania -- Westtown.
Boys -- Education.
Winter -- Pennsylvania -- Westtown.
Play (Recreation) -- Pennsylvania -- Westtown.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1850-1860.
Genre prints -- 1850-1860.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bb 46 W 538