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William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia – Antique Print

William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia — antique engraving
William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia. Antique engraving from the Jefferson collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This antique engraving of William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia

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Few places in colonial America carry as much weight as the College of William and Mary, chartered in 1693 and the second oldest college in the English colonies after Harvard. This wood engraving shows the campus in Williamsburg, the capital of Virginia until 1780, when the seat of government moved to Richmond. Thomas Jefferson studied there in the 1760s, and the school's roster of students and faculty later included several figures who shaped the early republic. Engravings like this one were popular in the late nineteenth century, when illustrated magazines and books sought out historic sites and presented them to a national audience.

Mediumprint, wood engraving
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,145 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-125661

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