Founding of Yale University, Branford, 1700
Date1947
MediumInk and gouache with graphite on white wove paper mounted to board
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 14 3/4 x 21 7/8in. (37.4 x 55.6cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. & Mrs. Richard Koopman and Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Schiro
DescriptionDrawing of several men with long hair or wigs wearing clerical garb standing in a candle-lit room. Some of them are holding stacks of books. They appear to be presenting the books to a man seated at a desk and holding a quill pen.
Object number1980.93.40
InscribedHand-written in black ink in calligraphy at the lower margin, "Founding of Yale University -- / Branford: 1700". NotesUse Note: Original drawing number 26 of a series of 53 done for G. Fox & Co.'s 100th Anniversary. The drawings appeared in The Hartford Courant as full size advertisements on Sundays from December 29, 1946 to December 29, 1947. The drawing was later published in a book: G. Fox & Co. A Century in Connecticut. Hartford, 1948, p.26.
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- G. Fox & Co.
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