(Seneca Polytechnic) The American Illustration Collection includes over 4,000 drawings and paintings, roughly between the dates of 1850 and 1950. The bulk of the holdings highlight the years 1890-1930. The works include pen and ink, watercolor, wash and gouache, and oil paintings. The most prevalent publishers represented in this collection were Scribner and Sons, Century and Co., Harper Brothers, and P.F. Collier and Son. Although many of these illustrations appeared in books, most were from periodicals, notably Century Magazine, Harper's Magazine, St. Nicholas Magazine, Scribner's Magazine, Colliers, Success, Life, and Puck.