Title: Dr. Thomas Gallaudet (1787-1851), founder of the first free school for deaf persons in the United States, American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut.
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Yours sincerely, Thomas H. Gallaudet [signature].
Dimensions: 6 7/8" x 4 7/8" (trimmed).
Edition: Barnard, Henry. Tribute to Gallaudet. Hartford : Brockett & Hutchinson, 1852, frontispiece.
Date: 1852.
Materials and Techniques: steel engraving on wove paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Foxing, soiling, wear, trimmed margins. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Museums and Libraries: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 2018654871.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: American School XIX C.
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