Object 18: Student Sketch

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The illustrator known David Hunter Strother (pen name Porte Crayon) sketched this University of Virginia student on a visit to Grounds in 1853.  The students had become notorious for their riots, duels, and abuse of animals and faculty alike, at least in the University's first two decades.

Porte Crayon, Virginia Illustrated (New York, Harper, 1871). (F247 .R2 S9 1871)

Gift of Bernard W. McCray Jr.

A book page featuring a drawing of a young man in a hat, with his hands in his pockets.
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A book page featuring a drawing of a young man in a hat, with his hands in his pockets.