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Illuminated text study of Prologue [page 15] for The Book of the Words: Westchester County Historical Pageant: 1614, 1846 [Philadelphia?, c. 1909]
Illuminated text study of Prologue [page 15] for The Book of the Words: Westchester County Historical Pageant: 1614, 1846 [Philadelphia?, c. 1909]

Illuminated text study of Prologue [page 15] for The Book of the Words: Westchester County Historical Pageant: 1614, 1846 [Philadelphia?, c. 1909]

The Book of the Words: Westchester County Historical Pageant: 1614, 1846 [Philadelphia?]
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Object Details

Title:
Illuminated text study of Prologue [page 15] for The Book of the Words: Westchester County Historical Pageant: 1614, 1846 [Philadelphia?, c. 1909]
Date:
c. 1909
Artist:
Medium:
Black and gold ink on poster board with guidelines in graphite
Dimensions
14 1/8 x 9 3/4 in.
Classification
Books
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[top center in graphite]: 4 1/4" w; [lower center beneath arrow guideline in graphite]: 1 cut 4 1/4" wide / Arte[?] Press / 1 cut for book

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