Illuminated text study of list of advanced subscribers for The Holy Experiment: A Message to the World from Pennsylvania [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio Publications, 1922]

The Holy Experiment: A Message to the World from Pennsylvania [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio Publications]

Object Details

Title:

Date:

c. 1922

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Medium:

Red and black ink and graphite on paper with guidelines in graphite

Dimensions

20 x 13 in.

Classification

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Credit Line:

Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015

Description

[top left in graphite]: order of / signed / subscriptions / returned; [top center in graphite]: Original List; [top right in graphite]: order of / Letters with Subscription / [illegible] sentIn the published version, a much lengthier list of advanced subscribers is typeset rather than written in calligraphy.

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