Henry John Van Lennep scrapbook

Creator: Van-Lennep, Henry J. (Henry John), 1815-1889
Creator: Amherst College. Class of 1837. Van-Lennep

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1 scrapbook (108 pages) ; 28 x 21 cm + accompanying material

Henry J. Van Lennep scrapbook containing a compilation of newspaper clippings and sketches all attributed to Van Lennep. Clippings contain articles varying in topic, but many pertain to Christian religious texts and stories. The sketches are of people, animals, structures, carvings, places in Turkey, and include antiquities and historic sites. Most sketches are in pencil and some include captions. Also included with the scrapbook are two loose inserts: a sheet of additional news clippings on both sides and a full page sketch by Van Lennep. The newspaper clippings included on the loose sheet pertain to the slave trade and their authors are unknown.

Box 1 Folder 17

English