William Croome (1790–1860) was an American illustrator and wood engraver in the 19th century. He trained with Abel Bowen in

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. Croome's work appeared in the ''

American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge The ''American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge'' (1834–1837) was a monthly magazine based in Boston, Massachusetts. It was established by a group of engravers to "give to the public a work descriptive, not merely of subjects, scen ...

'' (1830s), ''Lady's Annual'' (1830s), ''Crockett Almanac'' (ca.1840s), and in numerous children's books.

Works with illustrations by Croome

The child's annual
Boston: Allen & Ticknor, 1834 *

The Token and Atlantic Souvenir ''The Token'' (1829–1842) was an annual, illustrated gift book, containing stories, poems and other light and entertaining reading. In 1833, it became ''The Token and Atlantic Souvenir''. History The annual was chiefly edited by Samuel Griswol ...

, 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. * 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 Clara Sophia Jessup Bloomfield-Moore (February 16, 1824 – January 5, 1899) was an American philanthropist and philosopher. Biography She was born in Westfield, Massachusetts. She married businessman Bloomfield Haines Moore (1819-1878) and res ...

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
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* Godey's Lady's Book

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Jacob Perkins Jacob Perkins (9 July 1766 – 30 July 1849) was an American inventor, mechanical engineer and physicist. Born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Perkins was apprenticed to a goldsmith. He soon made himself known with a variety of useful mechanical i ...

in ''American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge'', 1835 Image:1837 LadysAnnualRegister illus byCroome Mallory.png, From: Caroline Howard Gilman's ''The Lady's Annual Register and Housewife's Memorandum Book'', 1837 Image:1839 Caleb in the Country illus byWCroome.png, From: Jacob Abbott's ''Caleb in the Country'', 1839 Image:1852 History of UStates illus byWCroome.png, Frost's ''Pictorial History of the United States'', illustrated by Croome, ca.1843 Image:1844 GrahamsMagazine illus byWCroome.png, From:

Graham's Magazine ''Graham's Magazine'' was a nineteenth-century periodical based in Philadelphia established by George Rex Graham and published from 1840 to 1858. It was alternatively referred to as ''Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine'' (1841–1842, and Ju ...

, Oct. 1844. Illustration to Charles J. Peterson's "The Pic-Nic: a Story of the Wissahicken."

References

External links

* * * New York Public Library
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