Unattributed “Old State House or Independence Hall, Philadelphia.” From "Robert Sears’ Pictorial Library”

Unattributed.  “Old State House or Independence Hall, Philadelphia.”  From Robert Sears’ Pictorial Library. 

New York: 1846.  3 5/8 x 5 3/8.  Wood engraving.  Hand color.  Very good condition.  A/A

Robert Sears was a New York publisher of “Popular Pictorial Works.”  Sears’ publications included histories, bibles, and descriptions of various parts of the world, each “most splendidly-illustrated” with wood engravings; these books were intended for “all persons interested in the diffusion of useful knowledge.  A Book for the Wives and Children of the Farmer, Mechanic, Laborer, Physician, Lawyer, and Divine—for Person in every sphere and station of Life, and for Followers of every Pursuit.”