[Rarebooks] For Sale: Pa. Academy of the Fine Arts Ephemera

[Norman Kane]

We can offer the following group:

  INVITATION TO ATTEND THE LAYING OF THE CORNERSTONE ON DEC. 7, 1872, 
SENT TO THE NOTED ANTIQUARIAN,THOMPSON WESTCOTT,
AND SIGNED BY THE FAMOUS ENGRAVER, JOHN SARTAIN, AS SECY.
One page, octavo, dated Phila., Dec. 4, 1872.

PRINTED FLOOR PLAN OF THE GALLERIES, 9 X 5 1/2 INCHES.

[ANOTHER] SHOWING THE GROUND FLOOR PLAN.

STEEL ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OF SARTAIN AFTER A PHOTO BY DRAPER, 
1884.  APPROX. 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 INCHES; MARGINAL STAINS.

ARCHITECT'S PRINTED DRAWING OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE ACADEMY (DESIGNED 
BY FURNESS).  9 X 5 1/2 INCHES

The Academy, which is architecturally interesting, (Furness was an 
exponent of eclecticism), is still going strong and has a wonderful 
collection of American art, especially of the 18th & 19 Centuries.

The 5 pieces for $75.00


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