Lot 311
John Warner Barber (American, 1798-1885), "Orphan Asylum Charleston, South Carolina", pencil on paper, strengthened with sepia ink, 4 7/8 in. x 5 7/8 in., Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, label on mat. E700-900 Note: Prepared for engraving and used in John W. Barber and Henry Howe, Our Whole Country, or, The Past and Present of the United States: Historical and Descriptive, Cincinnati, 1861. The Charleston Orphan Asylum, built through citizen initiative and completed in 1794, was remodeled and enlarged in the mid-1850s. Reference: Marvin Olasky "The Rise and Fall of American Orphanages", in Richard B. McKenzie, Rethinking Orphanages for the 21st Century, 1998.
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