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Study for “Chronicle of the planting of the true state,” Governor’s Reception Room, Pennsylvania State Capitol
Study for “Chronicle of the planting of the true state,” Governor’s Reception Room, Pennsylvania State Capitol

Study for “Chronicle of the planting of the true state,” Governor’s Reception Room, Pennsylvania State Capitol

Governor's Grand Executive Reception Room, Pennsylvania State Capitol, "The Founding of the State of Liberty Spiritual"
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Harrisburg, PA

Object Details

Title:
Study for “Chronicle of the planting of the true state,” Governor’s Reception Room, Pennsylvania State Capitol
Date:
1902–6
Artist:
Medium:
Graphite and pastel on gray paper with framing lines in graphite
Dimensions
13 ¾ x 11 in.
Classification
No items found.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[text on tree branches in graphite]: [illegible]; [immediately below the tree in graphite]: Chronicle of the planing of the true state; [first line of text below framing line]: Bondage in Egypt. -- Escape through reliance upon God. / [lines struck through in graphite] / [9 additional lines of text in graphite, last line]: Fruitage [underscored] the founding of the Holy experiment of Pennsylvania

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