Block numbered in two places: 606., Image of an courtroom scene. It appears to depict the defendant, looking downcast, a lawyer speaking before at least one judge, and an audience., “Court Room” inscribed on tape on side of block., , Provenance:, , Variant:
Spoof on the decadence and pretensions of the American local militiamen of the Jacksonian era showing a courtmartial of a militiaman. Several white officers sit around a table, many dozing, others commenting on the trial's length, stipend, and eventual outcome. Behind them rest oversize militia hats and a sword inscribed in Latin, "Guided by Patriotism." Two African American men, portrayed in racist caricature and speaking in the vernacular, presume that the officer holding the "List of Witnesses" and who is inquiring about the defendant’s profession "...mus be Col. Pluck or some sich great man." The defendant claims that he is "a self taught gentleman" who "showed considerable genius for this profession." Col. Pluck was an illiterate hostler elected colonel of the 84th Pennsylvania militia in a controversial election in 1824., Title from item., Artist supplied by Reilly., Possible publication date supplied by Weitenkampf., Purchase 1970., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Johnston, known as the American Cruikshank, was a respected comic illustrator, engraver, and lithographer.
Creator
Johnston, David Claypoole, 1799-1865, artist
Date
[between 1832 and 1835]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Political Cartoons - 1832-3 [7876.F]
Aerial view of St. Luke's School for boys in Wayne, Pennsylvania. Depicts Colonial-style buildings and dormitories and tennis courts surrounded by woodland. Established in 1863 as the Ury House School, it relocated to Wayne in 1902., Negative number: 1440.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1440]
Aerial views showing the Lawrenceville School's campus, including Fathers' Building, Memorial Hall, the landscaped "Circle" around which dormitories stand, and tennis courts. The school was founded in 1810 as Maidenhead Academy, and after several other names was refounded as the Lawrenceville School in 1883. Also in the 1880s the school expanded and erected new residential and academic buildings after designs by the firm Peabody & Stearns, with landscaping done by Frederick Law Olmsted., Negative numbers: 6010, 6011, 6012, 6013, 6014., 6013 not digitized; similar view to 6010
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6010-6014]
