Joseph Boggs Beale's Illustrations of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's The Wreck of the Hesperus
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Scope and Contents
Twelve pen and ink and watercolor illustrations, created for lantern slides, of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's The Wreck of the Hesperus. Each illustration measures 12 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches.
Dates
- Creation: 1894
Creator
- Beale, Joseph Boggs (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Joseph Boggs Beale was born in 1841 in Philadelphia. He was educated at the Central High School in Philadelphia, graduating in 1862. A talented artist, he won a competitive examination to become the professor of art at Central High School where he taught for several years and also attended classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1863 he enlisted in the 33rd Pennsylvania Volunteers and became the regimental artist, serving for a few months. After the war Beale shifted from teaching to a career in professional art and his illustrations appeared in Harpers Weekly and Frank Leslie's Weekly, where he became an "artist reporter." In 1870 he moved to Chicago to work for Baker and Company, a firm that supplied wood engravings to clients, returning to Philadelphia in 1881 to begin a 39-year career as the foremost magic-lantern artist in the Briggs Company, and nationwide. Beale died in 1926.
Extent
2.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Joseph Boggs Beale (1841-1926) was a prolific and nationally respected magic-lantern artist for Casper W. Briggs and Sons in Philadelphia from 1879 until his death in 1926. Collection includes twelve pen and ink and watercolor illustrations by Beale, created for lantern slides, of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's The Wreck of the Hesperus.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of American National Insurance Company, 2017
General
Ink and watercolor illustrations; hinge-mounted on acid free 8 ply mats.
- Title
- Guide to Joseph Boggs Beale's Illustrations of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's The Wreck of the Hesperus
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository