Christopher Pearse Cranch illustrations of the New Philosophy, ca. 1837-1839.

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Christopher Pearse Cranch illustrations of the New Philosophy, ca. 1837-1839.

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Ink drawings, created in Louisville, Kentucky, with autograph captions. These are humorous illustrations, sometimes called cartoons or caricatures, relating to New England transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson. Originally drawn by Cranch on loose sheets, but later mounted into a bound blank-book (22 leaves) sometimes called the "transcendental scrapbook," or the "new philosophy scrapbook." Drawings mounted into volume and given titlepage and date of 1835 (probably incorrect) by James Freeman Clarke. See Miller volume for additional information. Includes drawings associated with Emerson's works The American Scholar and Nature. Drawings in original scrapbook were photographed prior to being removed for conservation in 2001; original housing retained as part of collection (see item (25)). Photographs filed in internal file.

2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

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