Williams College Artists_Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues delineating the British territorial gains

delineating the British territorial gains following the French and Indian War and later establishing the future western boundary of the new United States

1840 - 1844

Indian Country

and the purchase was consummated in two stages in 1803 and 1804

they formed one of the largest mass migrations in American history

Williams College Artists_Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues delineating the British territorial gainsRichard Rummell Williams College Re strike engraving from the original plate (c. 1913). Printed on heavy woven paper and hand colored. Plate size: 17 1 4 x 29 At the turn of the century, Littig & Company commissioned the accomplished artist Richard Rummell (1848 1924) to create watercolors of some of the nations most prestigious colleges. From these watercolors, copper plates were engraved and a limited number of pulls (engravings) were distributed.