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Mock-up of prospectus for The Holy Experiment: Our Heritage from William Penn, 1644-1944 [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio, 1950]
Mock-up of prospectus for The Holy Experiment: Our Heritage from William Penn, 1644-1944 [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio, 1950]

Mock-up of prospectus for The Holy Experiment: Our Heritage from William Penn, 1644-1944 [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio, 1950]

The Holy Experiment: Our Heritage from William Penn, 1644-1944 [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio]
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Object Details

Title:
Mock-up of prospectus for The Holy Experiment: Our Heritage from William Penn, 1644-1944 [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio, 1950]
Date:
c. 1950
Artist:
Medium:
Black and red ink with guidelines in graphite on cream paper
Dimensions
9 x 6 in.
Classification
Books
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015
Description

Although published six years after the anniversary, this volume was issued to honor the tercentenary of the birth of the founder of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is smaller and less elaborate than The Holy Experiment of 1922 and includes black and white drawings for all three mural cycles in the Pennsylvania State Capitol.

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