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"Cleanse the Lepers" cover design study for Faith at Work publication
"Cleanse the Lepers" cover design study for Faith at Work publication

"Cleanse the Lepers" cover design study for Faith at Work publication

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Object Details

Title:
"Cleanse the Lepers" cover design study for Faith at Work publication
Date:
c. 1900
Artist:
Medium:
Graphite and blue watercolor on paper
Dimensions
11 x 8 ½ in.
Classification
Periodicals
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[across top of study in graphite]: Cleanse The Lepers; [across bottom of study in graphite]: Be Thou Clean; [bottom right in graphite]: cover for “faith at work”; [verso in graphite]: I-29b

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