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The Holy Experiment: A Message to the World from Pennsylvania [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio Publications]
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Illuminated text study of Preface to the Founding of the State [first pg.] "Thus the Friends came to the wilderness" for The Holy Experiment: A Message to the World from Pennsylvania [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio Publications, 1922]
Illuminated text study of Preface to the Founding of the State [first pg.] "Thus the Friends came to the wilderness" for The Holy Experiment: A Message to the World from Pennsylvania [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio Publications, 1922]

Illuminated text study of Preface to the Founding of the State [first pg.] "Thus the Friends came to the wilderness" 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]
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Object Details

Title:
Illuminated text study of Preface to the Founding of the State [first pg.] "Thus the Friends came to the wilderness" for The Holy Experiment: A Message to the World from Pennsylvania [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio Publications, 1922]
Date:
c. 1922
Artist:
Medium:
Red and black ink on paper with guidelines in graphite
Dimensions
18 x 12 1/4 in.
Classification
Books
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015
Description

Oakley added additional text to the published version of the Preface of the State.

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