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The Episcopal Academy was founded in 1785 by The Reverend William White to educate the sons of Philadelphia's Episcopalian community. Its first trustees were such famous Americans as Robert Morris the financier of the Revolution and signer of the Declaration of Independence; his partner, Thomas Willing; Francis Hopkinson also a signer of the Declaration of Independence; and Edward Shippen, later Chief Justice of Pennsylvania. The curriculum included instruction in Greek and Latin, as well as more practical training in business and mathematics. In 1921, the school moved from its city campus to a suburban Merion location. Fifty-three years later, Episcopal Academy opened the Devon campus to accommodate a larger, coeducational student body. The first young women were graduated in 1984. As the result of energetic fund-raising, the Academy was able to begin construction in 2005 on an entirely new campus in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, and the move there was completed by Fall 2008. This new, specially designed campus enables the school to continue to provide the best possible facilities to its students and faculty. The Episcopal Academy educates qualified, motivated students to grow intellectually, physically, and spiritually, and to share their talents generously. The Episcopal Academy is a coeducational community of learners and teachers working to achieve excellence through a strong academic program, comprehensive athletics, and vibrant arts. The school's Episcopalian heritage, with its respect for all faiths, forms the basis of life together. The board, after careful consideration, has determined that the requirements for the display and the continuing care and preservation of this rare historical print are not consistent with the primary educational mission of the Episcopal Academy, and has therefore recommended its sale at public auction. The proceeds will help strengthen and enhance the Academy's services to its students. [PHILADELPHIA]. An East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia: taken by George Heap from the Jersey Shore, Under the Direction of Nicholas Skull, Surveyor of the Province of Pennsylvania. Engraved by G. Vandergucht, London: Published according to Act of Parliament, 1 September 1754. Panoramic engraving on 4 folio sheets, each approximately 29½ x 23½ in. Condition : Each sheet with old horizontal crease approximately 9 inches from top edge, small losses to sky area unobtrusively mended, the crease neatly reinforced from verso with archival tissue; each with small triangular patches of discoloration in margins (from early mount). Other light, mostly marginal browning or light patches (not affecting images). Sheet 1 : ample margins at left, top and bottom, right side trimmed to platemark in upper portion; upper right edge reinforced from verso with archival tissue; Sheet 2 : ample margins at left, top and bottom, right side trimmed to within platemark; Sheet 3 : ample margins at left, top and bottom, right side trimmed to platemark in lower half; lower right edge reinforced from verso with archival tissue; Sheet 4 : ample margins at right, top and bottom, left side trimmed at or just outside platemark; right edge reinforced from verso with archival tissue. A GRAND PROSPECT OF PHILADELPHIA: A FINE COPY OF THE 1754 SCULL-HEAP EAST PROSPECT FIRST STATE, with misspelling "Skull" at top and bottom of sheet 3. Founded in 1680 on a site between the Delaware and the Schuylkill Rivers, Philadelphia was ideally situated for trade and by the mid 18th century, it had become the principal port on the Atlantic coast as well as the commercial and administrative hub of William Penn's province of Pennsylvania. In 1750, Thomas Penn, son of the founder, requested "a perspective view of the city," as a dramatic advertisement to attract more entrepreneurs, merchants and settlers to the city. George Heap, an accomplished local artist, undertook a detailed rendering, from the perspective of the New Jersey side of the Delaware
The Episcopal Academy was founded in 1785 by The Reverend William White to educate the sons of Philadelphia's Episcopalian community. Its first trustees were such famous Americans as Robert Morris the financier of the Revolution and signer of the Declaration of Independence; his partner, Thomas Willing; Francis Hopkinson also a signer of the Declaration of Independence; and Edward Shippen, later Chief Justice of Pennsylvania. The curriculum included instruction in Greek and Latin, as well as more practical training in business and mathematics. In 1921, the school moved from its city campus to a suburban Merion location. Fifty-three years later, Episcopal Academy opened the Devon campus to accommodate a larger, coeducational student body. The first young women were graduated in 1984. As the result of energetic fund-raising, the Academy was able to begin construction in 2005 on an entirely new campus in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, and the move there was completed by Fall 2008. This new, specially designed campus enables the school to continue to provide the best possible facilities to its students and faculty. The Episcopal Academy educates qualified, motivated students to grow intellectually, physically, and spiritually, and to share their talents generously. The Episcopal Academy is a coeducational community of learners and teachers working to achieve excellence through a strong academic program, comprehensive athletics, and vibrant arts. The school's Episcopalian heritage, with its respect for all faiths, forms the basis of life together. The board, after careful consideration, has determined that the requirements for the display and the continuing care and preservation of this rare historical print are not consistent with the primary educational mission of the Episcopal Academy, and has therefore recommended its sale at public auction. The proceeds will help strengthen and enhance the Academy's services to its students. [PHILADELPHIA]. An East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia: taken by George Heap from the Jersey Shore, Under the Direction of Nicholas Skull, Surveyor of the Province of Pennsylvania. Engraved by G. Vandergucht, London: Published according to Act of Parliament, 1 September 1754. Panoramic engraving on 4 folio sheets, each approximately 29½ x 23½ in. Condition : Each sheet with old horizontal crease approximately 9 inches from top edge, small losses to sky area unobtrusively mended, the crease neatly reinforced from verso with archival tissue; each with small triangular patches of discoloration in margins (from early mount). Other light, mostly marginal browning or light patches (not affecting images). Sheet 1 : ample margins at left, top and bottom, right side trimmed to platemark in upper portion; upper right edge reinforced from verso with archival tissue; Sheet 2 : ample margins at left, top and bottom, right side trimmed to within platemark; Sheet 3 : ample margins at left, top and bottom, right side trimmed to platemark in lower half; lower right edge reinforced from verso with archival tissue; Sheet 4 : ample margins at right, top and bottom, left side trimmed at or just outside platemark; right edge reinforced from verso with archival tissue. A GRAND PROSPECT OF PHILADELPHIA: A FINE COPY OF THE 1754 SCULL-HEAP EAST PROSPECT FIRST STATE, with misspelling "Skull" at top and bottom of sheet 3. Founded in 1680 on a site between the Delaware and the Schuylkill Rivers, Philadelphia was ideally situated for trade and by the mid 18th century, it had become the principal port on the Atlantic coast as well as the commercial and administrative hub of William Penn's province of Pennsylvania. In 1750, Thomas Penn, son of the founder, requested "a perspective view of the city," as a dramatic advertisement to attract more entrepreneurs, merchants and settlers to the city. George Heap, an accomplished local artist, undertook a detailed rendering, from the perspective of the New Jersey side of the Delaware