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Illustration study of Page [14] "The Forge" for Cathedral of Compassion: Dramatic Outline of the Life of Jane Addams 1860-1935 [Philadelphia, 1955]
Illustration study of Page [14] "The Forge" for Cathedral of Compassion: Dramatic Outline of the Life of Jane Addams 1860-1935 [Philadelphia, 1955]

Illustration study of Page [14] "The Forge" for Cathedral of Compassion: Dramatic Outline of the Life of Jane Addams 1860-1935 [Philadelphia, 1955]

Cathedral of Compassion: A Dramatic Outline of the Life of Jane Addams, 1860-1935 [Philadelphia]
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Object Details

Title:
Illustration study of Page [14] "The Forge" for Cathedral of Compassion: Dramatic Outline of the Life of Jane Addams 1860-1935 [Philadelphia, 1955]
Date:
c. 1955
Artist:
Medium:
Black ink and graphite on paper with framing lines in black ink and guidelines in graphite
Dimensions
13 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.
Classification
Books
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[bottom right of illustration in black ink]: V.O.; [caption below illustration in black ink]: The Forge; [perpendicular and right of illustration in graphite]: 2 1/2 inches; [bottom left in graphite]: No. 4

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