Lithograph, "YOUNG LADIES SEMINARY at Salem N.C.

Dateca. 1840

Artist/Maker Gustavus Johann Grunewald

Artist/Maker P. S. Duval

OriginAmerica, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

MediumInk and watercolor on paper

DimensionsOW: 13 3/4"; OH: 12" (sight) Framed: OW: 16 1/4"; OH: 14 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1999-235,A&B

DescriptionThis is an ink and watercolor on paper lithograph of the Young Ladies Seminary at Salem N. Co. The view features the girls school with three figures of females on the left. The lithograph is signed: "Drawn from Nature & on Stone by Gustavus Grunewald" on the left and on the right: "P. S. Duval Liter. No. 7 Bank Alley Philadelphia."
Label TextFew girls' schools can compare to the Salem Female Academy, which was established by the community of Moravians on April 23, 1772, and boarded its first non-Moravian pupils in 1804. The oldest Protestant institution of female education in continuous operation in America, 3,470 students from seventeen states attended the school between 1804 and 1856. In spite of the remote location, the needlework teachers at Salem Academy were aware of current fashions in ornamental handwork and frequently ordered supplies from commercial centers in the East, sometimes from faraway Boston. Music, painting, and needlework were all considered "special" courses and parents paid an extra fee per course each quarter.