Copper plates, chiefly of University scenes and buildings

Containers:

Box 3

Extent:

24 items

Scope and content:

Almost all of the copper plates are of scenes or buildings at the University of Virginia. These include: several of the Bayly Art Museum, Brooks Hall with Washington Hall in the background, several views of the Chapel, Cocke Hall and the Amphitheater, the "Cracker Box" on the East Range, Fayerweather Hall with a scene from the Studio Art Department and with a horse and cart in the foreground, the Lawn featuring a "music group" in the foreground, views of the Rotunda and the East Lawn, the Rotunda with Madison Hall in the foreground, the Rotunda as viewed from the West Range, the Senff Gate, the South Lawn and the statue of Homer, and the University Hall (demolished in 2019). One of the copper plates features St. Paul's Church on the Corner.

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