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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, 1858.
Publisher Philadelphia: T. Sinclair's lith
Date 1858
Physical Description 2 prints: lithograph; one hand-colored.
Description Genre scene showing female students gathered on the main path and grounds at the west end of the main building of the co-educational Quaker boarding school. Girls stroll, converse, read under a tree, and hold hands in a game. Also shows a man with a young boy, and another man carrying two baskets, walking on the grounds landscaped with several trees. 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.
Philadelphia on Stone.
POSP 222
Westtown School Archives
Subject Westtown Boarding School.
Society of Friends -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Westtown.
Boarding schools -- Pennsylvania -- Westtown.
Girls -- Education.
Play (Recreation) -- Pennsylvania -- Westtown.
Genre Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1850-1860.
Genre prints -- 1850-1860.
Location Westtown School Archives | WSA Collins color
Westtown School Archives | WSA Collins bw

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