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Detailed written description (on verso) of Study for Episode VI: "The Revolution," Westchester County Historical Pageant (May 29 and June 1, 1909), Bronxville, NY
Detailed written description (on verso) of Study for Episode VI: "The Revolution," Westchester County Historical Pageant (May 29 and June 1, 1909), Bronxville, NY

Detailed written description (on verso) of Study for Episode VI: "The Revolution," Westchester County Historical Pageant (May 29 and June 1, 1909), Bronxville, NY

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Philadelphia, PA; Bronxville, Westchester county, NY

Object Details

Title:
Detailed written description (on verso) of Study for Episode VI: "The Revolution," Westchester County Historical Pageant (May 29 and June 1, 1909), Bronxville, NY
Date:
1909
Artist:
Medium:
Black ink on illustration board
Dimensions
12 x 16 in.
Classification
No items found.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[verso top center over one column in black ink]: Episode VI / The Revolution; Scene-- / The Boston / Port Road / (in the northern [?] / part of the county) / Mrs. [?] Washington / in the coach / with escort / on her way to join / General Washington / in his [illegible] / quarters in / Cambridge; [verso bottom left in graphite]: Port X / 71d

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