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Old Bloomington painting by Cornelius Pering Public Deposited
- County
- Monroe
- Abstract
- Photograph of oil painting of Old Bloomington. Hung in newspaper room of IU Main Library. Painting was done by Cornelius Pering. Cornelius Pering is a distant great uncle of Thana Winslow Wylie, daughter in-law of Redick Wylie, Andrew Wylie’s son. Pering was a native of Bath, England and came to Bloomington in 1832 to become principal of the Monroe County Female Seminary, which he ran until he resigned to move to Louisville in 1846. The painting depicts his family and the second seminary he started at 7th and College.
- Call Number
- 2005.003.0900
- City
- Bloomington
- Subject
- Buildings
- Painting
- Schools
- State/Province
- Indiana
- Title
- Old Bloomington painting by Cornelius Pering
- Accession Number
- 2005.003
- Persistent URL
- Source Metadata Identifier
- Holding Location
- Bloomington - Wylie House Museum
317 East 2nd Street
Bloomington, IN 47401
Contact at libwylie@iu.edu, 812-855-6224
- Bloomington - Wylie House Museum
- Campus
- IU Bloomington
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