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Sartain, John, 1808-1897 Commencement Day, Yale College

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.0098 Author/Creator: Sartain, John, 1808-1897 Place Written: New Haven, Connecticut Type: Engraving Date: 26 July 1860 Pagination: 1 print : b&w Height: 24 cm, Width: 15.5 cm Order a Copy

One engraving entitled "Commencement Day, Yale College" dated July 26th 1860. Depicts Rev. Jerimiah Day, former president of Yale, Rev. Theodore D. Woolsey, President of Yale, and Prof. Benjamin Sullivan, professor of science at Yale. Engraved by John Sartain.

Sartain, John, 1808-1897
Day, Jerimiah, 1773-1867
Woolsey, Theodore D., 1801-1889
Sullivan, Benjamin, 1779-1864

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