Antique Philadelphia Print - Eastern State Penitentiary - Federal Period Philadelphia

Antique Philadelphia Print - Eastern State Penitentiary - Federal Period PhiladelphiaTreasures from THE PHILADELPHIA DELAWARE VALLEY COLLECTION at The Willing Mind. By exclusive arrangement with The Grand Review. Print size 14 x 24, and consciously formatted to work with a standard size store bought frame, or custom framed as you see fit. Eastern State Penitentiary. Drawn by W. Mason, 1829. Engraved by Cephas Childs. One of the most satisfying projects we ever leapt into was acquiring and restoring a series of early 19th century

Lincoln was well known as a physically strong frontiersman with a natural talent for winning contests of old school style wrestling

This started out as a Valentines card

Print size 12 x 12

What we focused on were the charmingly goofy pictures of a political everyman who willingly put himself into the front seat of the political public relations roller coaster

You'll see them

and many escaped and headed for their new freedom at the Fort

moved the copy around and pushed the colors

A wry observation and celebration of General Benjamin Butler declaring at Fort Monroe that all slaves were to be treated as contraband of war

The rear wall helps complete the optical illusion

Most of them were signed and dated

I can bring many things of my own to bear here

The University of Pennsylvania's 2nd location