The Old Print Shop

Girard College in Philadelphia.

  • ARTIST: Herrmann Meyer

  • PUBLISHER: Published by H. J. Meyer, New York.

  • MEDIUM: Handcolored steel plate engraving,

    DATE: c.1850.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 4 1/4 x 6 1/8" (10.8 x 15.6 cm) plus title and margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: This small print is from "Meyer's Universum", a publication which consisted of highly detailed and very well engraved views from around the world. Girard College is a private philanthropic boarding school founded by Stephen Girard in 1833. Girard the wealthiest man in America at the time of his death in 1831.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition with modern handcolor, some soiling in the margins.

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