Cover illustration study for Cathedral of Compassion: Dramatic Outline of the Life of Jane Addams 1860-1935 [Philadelphia, 1955]

Cathedral of Compassion: A Dramatic Outline of the Life of Jane Addams, 1860-1935 [Philadelphia]

Object Details

Title:

Date:

c. 1955

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Medium:

Graphite on paper

Dimensions

16 x 12 in.

Classification

Books

Credit Line:

Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015

Description

[bottom left in graphite]: Cover: / Window of CompassionThe study differs from the published cover illustration. In the final version, there is no young woman standing to the side of the woman and child. Also removed is the caption encircling the figures: “Peace Good Will To Men On Earth.”

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