Williams College Artists_John Woodhouse Audubon 17th century calf

17th century calf

one of the period’s outstanding cartographic achievements

George Washington first career was as a land surveyor

University of Vermont

Williams College Artists_John Woodhouse Audubon 17th century calfRichard Rummell Williams College Re strike engraving from the original plate (c. 1913). Printed on heavy woven paper and hand colored. Plate size: 17 1 4 x 29 At the turn of the century, Littig & Company commissioned the accomplished artist Richard Rummell (1848 1924) to create watercolors of some of the nations most prestigious colleges. From these watercolors, copper plates were engraved and a limited number of pulls (engravings) were distributed.