MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
Circa 1842
Abstract:
These are the original sketches used for the engravings in Day's 1843 publication, "Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania" (Philadelphia). They are finely detailed renderings of public and private structures and landscape throughout Pennsylvania. Accompanying these sketches are 150 pages of photocopied letters of Day, from originals at Yale University. These were used by Smith in his book.
Call #:
Mss.917.48.D33
Extent:
0.5 Linear feet
Subjects:
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Architecture -- Pennsylvania. | Art | Day, Sherman,1806-1884. | Delaware Indians | Engravings. | General Correspondence | Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania | Landscape -- Pennsylvania. | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Penn, William, 1644-1718 | Pennsylvania -- Description and travel. | Pennsylvania History | Seneca | Sketchbooks | Sketches. | Social Life and Custom