[Autograph Album]: A Young Woman s Autograph Album from Wesleyan Academy, 1874-77, with a Pen & Ink Sketch featuring a Baseball Player: "Wesleyan B.B. No. 1"

(LAMB, Watson F., illustrator)

Published by (Wilbraham, Massachusetts, 1874

About this Item

Autograph Album (6 ½" x 4"). Contemporary morocco over boards, with a decorative design stamped in gold on the front cover and spine, white moiré endpapers, all edges gilt. The boards are rubbed with wear to the edges and corners, front joint is partially split, head and tail of spine back bumped and torn, about very good. Contains over fifty manuscript entries, most dating from 1874-77, when the album s owner "Emma" was a student at Wesleyan Academy in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. Also included are later entries dating up through the early 1880s, and two or three final entries from the 1920s. Most of the entries are by fellow students and teachers at Wesleyan, including a terrific 1877 pen & ink sketch by Emma s fine arts teacher Watson F. Lamb. The sketch depicts the campus and various whimsical scenes, including women in silhouette playing croquet, and a portrait of a young man (the artist?) in uniform with a bat and ball in hand titled: "Wesleyan B.B. No. 1". The album also features an accomplished calligraphic sketch of a bird, and other decorated autograph entries. An attractive album dating from the decade when Wesleyan was the primary center of Methodist education in New England.

Seller Inventory # 462662

Bibliographic Details

• Title: [Autograph Album]: A Young Woman s Autograph Album from Wesleyan Academy, 1874-77, with a Pen & Ink Sketch featuring a Baseball Player: "Wesleyan B.B. No. 1"
• Publisher: (Wilbraham, Massachusetts
• Publication Date: 1874
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good