0.2 Linear Feet, Summary: 1 3/4 in. (oversize box)
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
One crayon portrait (17 1/2 in. x 23 1/2 in.) of the first President of West Virginia University, Reverend Alexander Martin.
The crayon portrait was popular in the period ca. 1860 to 1900. They were created by enlarging a photograph onto drawing paper
with a weak photographic emulsion in order to produce a faint image. An artist then drew over the picture with charcoal or
pastels, trying to duplicate the photograph while making it look hand drawn.
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia University, President Alexander Martin, Crayon Portrait,
A&M 5173, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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