Guide to the Roy A. Penn Etchings and Photoengravings Collection

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Title: Roy A. Penn Etchings and Photoengravings Collection

Identifier/Call Number: SC.RAP

Physical Description: 3.5 linear feet

Date (inclusive): 1819-1897

Abstract: The Roy A. Penn Etchings and Photoengravings Collection includes etchings and engraved prints collected by Penn. Both American and British engravers are represented in the collection, along with a smaller number of French and German works. The collection includes the work of George Barrie, John Chester Buttre, Capewell and Kimmel, John Cheney, Day and Son, A.L. Dick, Goupil and Company, H.B. Hall and Sons, Charles Theodosius Heath, F.A. Heath, Robert Hicks, Thomas Higham, Illman Brothers, A.H. Payne, Alexander Hay Ritchie, Roberts Brothers, John Rogers, Stephen Alonzo Schoff, John Talfourd Smyth, James Thomson, Wellstood and Peters, and James Tibbits Willmore. Print subjects include contemporary and historical portraits, scenes from paintings and stories, landscapes, interiors, and children. Several prints appear to come from magazines and books, including The Lady's Friend and Peterson's Magazine. Prints are arranged alphabetically by title.

Language of Material: English

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Preferred Citation

For information about citing items in this collection, consult the appropriate style manual, or see the Citing Archival Materials guide.

Processing Information

Holli Teltoe, 2019

Box 2, Folder 1

After the Battle, Baldwin of the Hatchet Administering Justice in Flanders, The Bell-Ringers, undated

Box 1, Folder 1

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, The Ancient Winslow House, At Marshfield, Massachusetts, Appleton, Samuel, undated

Box 1, Folder 2

Arabian Knights, 1819

Box 1, Folder 3

Arabs Dividing Spoil, Baby's Answer, Barkstead, JohnArabs Dividing Spoil, Baby's Answer, Barkstead, John, ca. 1820-1871

Box 1, Folder 5

Bashful Boots, Bradshaw, John, Brent, H.J., Briggs, Charles F., ca. 1871

Box 1, Folder 4

Bristed, C.A., Bryant William Cullen, undated

Box 2, Folder 2

The Body of Caesar, The Body of Pope Formosus Exhumed for Trial By Order of Pope Stephen VII, Charles V at the Monastery of St. Just, 1878

Box 1, Folder 6

Campo Santo in Pisa, Canton De Fecamp, Canton De Goderville, undated

Box 1, Folder 7

Caught by the Tide, Caught in a Shower, Children at Play, ca. 1867-1868

Box 1, Folder 8

The Children's Harvest Home, Chilon, R.S., Christ Blessing Little Children, ca. 1869

Box 2, Folder 3

The Children's Offering, The Danaides, Dancing-Girls of Gades, 1878

Box 1, Folder 9

Clark, Lewis Gaylord, Clement, Gregory, Cloudbursting Platzregen, ca. 1820

Box 1, Folder 10

Cozzens, Frederick Swartwout, Cromwell, Oliver, Curtis, George, Dining Out, ca. 1857

Box 2, Folder 4

The Day after Waterloo, The Death of Ravana, The Fight Interrupted, 1878

Box 1, Folder 11

The Flowers in the Wood, Halleck, Fitz-Greene, The Homeless Boy, ca. 1867

Box 2, Folder 5

For of Luch is the Kingdom of Heaven, A Grand Pardon in Brittany, Homer A Mendicant, , 1881-1893

Box 1, Folder 12

Hosmer, William Howe Cuyler, "I Care for Nobody," Interior of Milan Cathedral, ca. 1840-1884

Box 2, Folder 6

Insulting the Prisoner, The Last Roll Call of the Condemned, 1878-1881

Box 1, Folder 13

And Jephthah Came to Mizpeh Unto His House and Behold His Daughters Came Out to Meet Him, Kimball, Richard B. King, James G., ca. 1857

Box 2, Folder 7

Leaving Church, Lieutenant General Fleetwood, Lieutenant General Lambert, 1881

Box 1, Folder 14

Lion in Love, The Little Rustic, "Love's Young Dream", ca. 1867

Box 2, Folder 8

The Living Torches of Nero, The Market Place, Hamburgh, A Marriage at the Mayor's - The Bride is Made to Wait, 1878

Box 1, Folder 15

Ludlow, Edmund, The Lullaby, Making Card Houses, ca. 1867

Box 1, Folder 16

Manois De Vitanva; Au Village De Ste Addresse, Mathematical Abstraction, Mc Connell, John Ludam, 1841

Box 1, Folder 17

Merchant's (Room) Exchange, New York, Thaxed (Essex) England, "Minnie's Pet," The Mitherless Bairn, ca. 1836-1867

Box 2, Folder 9

Moccoli, Paul and Virginia, 1878-1882

Box 1, Folder 18

My Household, The Nearest Way in Summer Time, Park, Benjamin, ca. 1857-1868

Box 1, Folder 19

The Pedlar, Peterson's Magazine, The Prodigal's Return: From a Picture by S. Read, ca. 1841-1857

Box 2, Folder 10

Portrait of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Pyramus and Thisbe, The Quadrille, 1878-1894

Box 2, Folder 11

The Reception of an Ambassador, Scene in a Spanish Inn, A Song of Welcome, 1881

Box 1, Folder 20

The River Spirit, The Rose of the Boudoir, Roveredo, ca. 1841-1868

Box 1, Folder 21

Rue De L'aside De L'Abbaye De Fecampe, San Marino, Scot, Thomas, ca. 1820

Box 1, Folder 22

See-Saw, St. Walter Raleigh, Summer Morning, undated

Box 2, Folder 12

St. Sebastian Appearning to the Emperor Maximien Hercules, Thrown from the Window at Prauge, The Vestal Tuccia Carrying Water in a Sieve, 1878-1897

Box 1, Folder 23

Tancarville Vue De La Tour De Taigle, Talor, Zachary, Untitled, undated

Box 2, Folder 13

The Waning of the Year, Who is Being Fooled, undated

Box 1, Folder 24

Untitled, undated

Box 1, Folder 25

Untitled, undated

Box 1, Folder 26

Untitled, undated

Box 1, Folder 27

Untitled, undated

Box 1, Folder 28

Untitled, undated

Box 1, Folder 29

Untitled, undated

Box 1, Folder 30

Untitled, undated

Box 2, Folder 14

Untitled, undated

Box 2, Folder 15

Untitled, undated

Box 2, Folder 16

Untitled, undated

Box 1, Folder 31