William Croome (1790–1860) was an American illustrator and wood engraver in the 19th century.WorldCat. Croome, William 1790-1860Frank Weitenkampf. American graphic art. 1912 He trained with Abel Bowen in Boston, Massachusetts. Croome's work appeared in the American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge (1830s), Lady's Annual (1830s), Crockett Almanac (ca.1840s), and in numerous children's books.W. J. Linton. The History of Wood-Engraving in America. Chapter III. American Art Review, Vol. 1, No. 7 (May, 1880), pp. 284+
Works with illustrations by Croome The child's annual. Boston: Allen & Ticknor, 1834 The Token and Atlantic Souvenir, 1836 Caroline Howard Gilman. The Lady's annual register and housewife's memorandum book. Boston: 1837-1840. Crockett Almanac 1839. Containing Adventures, Exploits, Sprees & Scrapes in the West, & Life and Manners in the Backwoods. Nashville, Tennessee. Published by Ben Harding, 1838.Frederick S. Voss. Portraying an American Original: The Likenesses of Davy Crockett. Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Vol. 91, No. 4 (April, 1988) John Stevens Cabot Abbott. The school-boy: or, A guide for youth to truth and duty. Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1839. Jacob Abbott. Caleb in the country: A story for children. Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1839 Crockett Almanac Improved 1842. Boston. Printed and Published by S. N. Dickinson, 1841. John Frost. Book of the Navy. 1843 John Frost. The pictorial history of the United States of America: from the discovery by the Northmen in the tenth century to the present time. ca.1843. 1852 ed. (Boston: H. Wentworth) John Frost. Panorama Of Nations. Auburn & Buffalo: John E. Beardsley, (1852). Graham's Magazine. Oct. 1844. Illustration to Charles J. Peterson's "The Pic-Nic: a Story of the Wissahicken." (Croome's interpretation described in 1983 by historian Burton Pollin: "simpering expressions and contrived postures, and ... overdressed characters"Burton R. Pollin. Edgar Allan Poe and John G. Chapman: Their Treatment of the Dismal Swamp and the Wissahickon. Studies in the American Renaissance, (1983), p.261) S.G. Goodrich. A pictorial natural history: embracing a view of the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms; For the use of schools. Boston: James Munroe & Company, 1845. New edition (1854). William Spottswood White. The African preacher: An authentic narrative. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1849 Songs for the People. 1849 Clara Moreton (Clara Jessup Moore) Frank and Fanny: a rural story. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, 1851 Falconbridge. Dan. Marble: a biographical sketch of that famous and diverting humorist, with reminiscences, comicalities, anecdotes, etc., etc. New York: Dewitt & Davenport, 1851. Google books Godey's Lady's Book
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New York Public Library. Images related to Croome Clio Visualizing History . Gregory M. Pfitzer. William Croome as Book Illustrator