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The Holy Experiment: A Message to the World from Pennsylvania [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio Publications]
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Illumination text study for description and chronology for "Unity" mural, from "The Creation and Preservation of the Union," for "The Holy Experiment"
Illumination text study for description and chronology for "Unity" mural, from "The Creation and Preservation of the Union," for "The Holy Experiment"

Illumination text study for description and chronology for "Unity" mural, from "The Creation and Preservation of the Union," for "The Holy Experiment"

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

Title:
Illumination text study for description and chronology for "Unity" mural, from "The Creation and Preservation of the Union," for "The Holy Experiment"
Date:
Date unknown
Artist:
Medium:
Black and red ink and graphite on cardboard with framing and guidelines in graphite
Dimensions
28 3/4 x 22 1/2 in.
Classification
Books
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[left marginalia in graphite]: Panels / 1, 2, 3, & 5 / not yet / executed [all within parenthetical brackets]

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