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Illuminated text study of leather cover for Law Triumphant: The Opening of the Book of the Law and The Miracle of Geneva [Philadelphia, 1933]
Illuminated text study of leather cover for Law Triumphant: The Opening of the Book of the Law and The Miracle of Geneva [Philadelphia, 1933]

Illuminated text study of leather cover for Law Triumphant: The Opening of the Book of the Law and The Miracle of Geneva [Philadelphia, 1933]

Law Triumphant: A Portfolio in Two Parts Containing the Opening of the Book of the Law and The Miracle of Geneva [Philadelphia]
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Object Details

Title:
Illuminated text study of leather cover for Law Triumphant: The Opening of the Book of the Law and The Miracle of Geneva [Philadelphia, 1933]
Date:
1932
Artist:
Medium:
Brown pencil on paper
Dimensions
15 x 11 in.
Classification
Books
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015
Description

Except for the cover, title page, and foreword, this mock-up represents only the text to the first part of Law Triumphant: The Opening of the Book of the Law upon the Supreme Court walls.

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