Details
Creator Collins, John, 1814-1902, artist.
Contributor Sinclair, Thomas S., ca. 1805-1881, printer.
Title South west view of West-Town Boarding School. Chester Co. Penna. Instituted 1794, opened 1799, enlarged 1847. [graphic] / J. Collins del.
Publisher Philadelphia: T. Sinclairs Lith
Publisher PA Philadelphia. 1858
Date [ca. 1858]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; overall 33 x 40 cm (13 x 15.75 in.), image 15 x 23 cm.
Description View of the main building and grounds showing female students reading, walking, and lounging on the grounds. Also shows a woman carrying a basket, accompanied by a young boy, strolling down a central path. Westtown was established in 1794 by the Society of Friends as a boarding school for boys and girls.
Notes Gift of Ken Leach.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 224
Westtown School Archives holds mutiple copies including variants with the imprint "Drawn on stone by John Collins," tinted and untinted.
Subject Westtown Boarding School.
Society of Friends -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Westtown.
Boarding schools -- Pennsylvania -- Westtown.
Girls -- Education.
Genre Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *GC - Education [P.9428.5]
Accession number P.9428.5