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EXHIBITION CHECKLIST Expanding the Audience for Art in the 19th Century at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Number of the works: Permanent Collection: 32 Archives: 30 Thomas Sully (after Charles R. Leslie, after Sir Thomas Lawrence, ca. 1820) Benjamin West, 1864 Oil on canvas 58 5/8 x 48 1/4 in. (148.9 x 122.6 cm.) Pennsylvania Academy purchase, 1864.1 Alice Barber Stephens Women's Life Class, 1879 Oil on cardboard (grisaille) 12 x 14 in. (30.5 x 35.6 cm.) Gift of the artist, 1879.2 George H. Comegys Ghost Story, 1840 Oil on canvas 17 9/16 x 16 13/16 in. (44.60875 x 42.70375 cm.) Bequest of Henry C. Carey (The Carey Collection), 1879.8.2 1

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EXHIBITION CHECKLIST

Expanding the Audience for Art in the 19th Century at

the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Number of the works: Permanent Collection: 32 Archives: 30

Thomas Sully (after Charles R. Leslie, after Sir Thomas Lawrence, ca. 1820) Benjamin West, 1864 Oil on canvas 58 5/8 x 48 1/4 in. (148.9 x 122.6 cm.) Pennsylvania Academy purchase, 1864.1

Alice Barber Stephens Women's Life Class, 1879 Oil on cardboard (grisaille) 12 x 14 in. (30.5 x 35.6 cm.) Gift of the artist, 1879.2 George H. Comegys Ghost Story, 1840 Oil on canvas 17 9/16 x 16 13/16 in. (44.60875 x 42.70375 cm.) Bequest of Henry C. Carey (The Carey Collection), 1879.8.2

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George Bacon Wood Interior of the Library of Henry C. Carey, 1879 Oil on canvas 14 x 20 1/4 in. (35.6 x 51.4 cm.) Gift of the artist, 1880.1

Cecilia Beaux Study for ''Les derniers jours d'enfance;'' verso: Profile of a Young Man, 1883 Oil on cardboard 15 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. (38.735 x 33.655 cm.) Gift of Henry Sandwith Drinker, 1950.17.11

Benjamin West Self-Portrait, 1806 Oil on canvas 36 1/8 x 28 1/8 in. (91.8 x 71.4 cm.) Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Hallowell, 1964.11

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Cecilia Beaux Mrs. John Frederick Lewis, 1906 Oil on canvas 46 1/2 x 29 15/16 in. (118.11 x 76.04125 cm.) Gift of Alfred Baker Lewis, 1974.13

Thomas Eakins Harrison S. Morris, 1896 Oil on canvas 54 1/2 x 36 in. (138.43 x 91.44 cm.) Partial gift of Harrison Morris Wright; partial purchase with funds provided by the Henry S. McNeil Fund, the Estate of John W. Merriam, the Samuel M. V. Hamilton Memorial Fund, the Women's Committee of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Donald R. Caldwell, Jonathan L. Cohen, Dr. and Mrs. John A. Herring, William T. Justice and Mary Anne Dutt Justice, Charles E. Mather III and Mary MacGregor Mather, Robert W. Quinn, Herbert S. Riband, Jr. and Leah R. Riband, Mr. and Mrs. Joshua C. Thompson, and 36 anonymous subscribers, 2000.10

Ben Kamihira Fantasy II, 1976-85 Oil on canvas 50 x 36 in. (127 x 91.44 cm.) Gift of Harriet B. Kravitz, 2006.20.1

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Henry O. Tanner Benjamin Tucker Tanner, 1894 (cast 2013) Patinated bronze 15 x 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (38.1 x 31.75 x 24.13 cm.) Gift of Leslie Tanner Moore and family, in honor of the Tanner family, 2014.30

Yasuo Kuniyoshi [Ruins], n.d. Graphite on off-white paper 14 3/8 x 17 1/8 in. (36.5125 x 43.4975 cm.)

Frank Furness and George Wattson Hewitt [Second floor heating plan], 1873-76 Black and red ink with pencil annotations on architect's linen 30 3/8 x 66 1/4 in. (77.1525 x 168.275 cm.) Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1876.6.3

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Frank Furness and George Wattson Hewitt [Elevation on Broad Street], 1873-76 Black ink, watercolor wash, and pencil on white paper on mount 25 1/2 x 34 1/2 in. (64.77 x 87.63 cm.) Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1876.6.8

Frank Furness and George Wattson Hewitt [Longitudinal section through centre], 1873-76 Black ink and red wash on architect's linen with graphite notations 25 x 36 in. (63.5 x 91.44 cm.) Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1876.6.14

Frank Furness and George Wattson Hewitt [PAFA elevation on Cherry Street], 1873-76 Black ink with graphite annotations on cream wove paper 34 1/8 x 77 11/16 in. (86.6775 x 197.32625 cm.) Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1876.6.30b

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Joseph Ives Pease after George H. Comegys Ghost Book [also known as "The Ghost Story"], 1840 Etching, engraving and stipple on off-white wove paper 3 13/16 x 3 1/4 in. (9.69645 x 8.255 cm.) John S. Phillips Collection, 1876.9.419 Yasuo Kuniyoshi Wire Cyclist, 1939 Lithograph on white wove paper 12 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. (31.75 x 22.225 cm.) John Frederick Lewis Fund Purchase, 1942.26.2 © Estate of Yasuo Kuniyoshi/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY John Sartain Philadelphia Typographical Society, 1864 Etching, mezzotint, engraving, and stipple on cream wove paper 11 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. Bequest of Dr. Paul J. Sartain, 1948.23.1373

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John Sartain Philadelphia National Bank, 1850s Etching, engraving and stipple on off-white wove paper 7 1/16 x 2 in. (17.93875 x 5.08 cm.) Bequest of Dr. Paul J. Sartain, 1948.23.1417

Cecilia Beaux Study for "The Dreamer" (Caroline Kilby Smith), 1894 Umber and white chalk on beige primed canvas 32 3/4 x 24 in. (83.185 x 60.96 cm.) Gift of Henry Sandwith Drinker, 1950.17.48

Daniel Garber Holcombs' Mill, 1922 Etching on cream wove paper 5 3/16 x 6 3/8 in. (13.17625 x 16.1925 cm.) Gift of John Frederick Lewis, Jr., 1955.7.13

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Maxfield Parrish Poster for P.A.F.A. Poster Show, 1896 Woodcut on linen backed paper 30 1/4 x 23 7/8 in. (76.835 x 60.6425 cm.) Purchased through the gift of Dr. Edgar P. Richardson to the Leo Asbell Fund, 1972.19

Maxfield Parrish Princess Parizade Bringing Home the Singing Tree, 1906 Oil on paper 20 1/16 x 16 1/16 in. (51.0 x 40.8 cm.) Gift of Mrs. Francis P. Garvan, 1977.20

Ellen Day Hale [Willow whistle], 1888 Etching and drypoint on buff wove paper 15 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (39.37 x 21.9075 cm.) Henry D. Gilpin Fund, 1982.7.2

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Alexander Lawson after William Sidney Mount Painter's Study [or The Painter's Triumph], 1840 Engraving, etching and stipple on cream wove paper 3 5/16 x 4 5/16 in. (8.42645 x 10.96645 cm.) Source unknown, 1985.x.282

William Emlen Cresson Visitors to an Exhibition [The Gentleman from the Rural District], n.d. Ink on paper sheet: 7 x 4 1/4 in. (17.78 x 10.795 cm.) Pennsylvania Academy Purchase Fund, 2006.2.2

William Emlen Cresson Visitors to an Exhibition [Lady.], n.d. Ink on paper 7 x 4 1/4 in. (17.78 x 10.795 cm.) Pennsylvania Academy Purchase Fund, 2006.2.5

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William Emlen Cresson Visitors to an Exhibition [Two men looking at paintings], n.d. Ink on paper 7 x 4 1/4 in. (17.78 x 10.795 cm.) Pennsylvania Academy Purchase Fund, 2006.2.7 William Emlen Cresson Visitors to an Exhibition [Man walking by], n.d. Ink on paper 7 x 4 1/4 in. (17.78 x 10.795 cm.) Pennsylvania Academy Purchase Fund, 2006.2.8

Violet Oakley [Cover design for 'Book of the Pageant"], 1908 Graphite, ink, and watercolor on board 13 3/4 x 9 in. (34.925 x 22.86 cm.) Gift of the Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation, 2013.23.8.7

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PAFA Archival Materials

-Wood engravings from periodicals showing PAFA galleries during exhibitions and events -Small photographic reproduction of C. W. Peale’s Artist in His Museum -Exhibition announcement for Mr. Allston's Picture of the Dead Man Restored, 1816 -Poster for First Annual Exhibition of the Philadelphia Sketch Club, 1865 -PAFA concert series announcements, c. 1879-1889 -Poster for the Fourth Annual Philadelphia Water Color Exhibition, 1907 Invitations and tickets to an 1874 exhibition on the history of printmaking organized by Sartain -ticket to "Lectures on Etchings and Etchers" by F. Seymour Haden, 1882 -ticket and invitation to "About Engraving and Engravers" lecture given by John Sartain in 1895 -ticket to "William Hogarth and His Engravings" lecture by John Frederick Lewis, curator of prints, 1907 -ticket to "Mezzotints and the English Portrait" lecture by John Frederick Lewis, 1914 -ticket to "The Development and Recent Advances in the Techno-Graphic Arts" lecture by J. F. Lewis, 1916 -Print of the exterior of PAFA (almost standardized 3/4 perspective view) such as Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, June 3, 1876, p. 212.

Thomas Eakins Motion study: male nude, standing jump to right, 1885 Dry-plate negative Dry-plate negative Charles Bregler's Thomas Eakins Collection, purchased with the partial support of the Pew Memorial Trust, 1985.68.2.985

John Sartain after Benjamin West Christ Rejected, 1870 Mezzotint and stipple engraving on white wove paper 18 x 25 in. (45.72 x 63.5 cm.) Source unknown, 1984.x.342

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-Program for the 1905 anniversary event, which shows the 3 PAFA buildings. -Dinner seating chart from the 1905 100th anniversary event. -John Sartain’s ticket from 1876 building inauguration -General ticket from 1876 building inauguration Benjamin West Correspondence to PAFA: -London, Newman Street, September 18, 1805 -London, Newman Street, September 21, 1805 -London, Newman Street, July 22, 1807 -Issue of Ladies Home Journal containing Tanner’s “Mothers of the Bible: Mary” -The School Catalogue of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1980-1981 -Student Registration card of Ben Kamihira (May 17, 1952) -Letter of Yoshimatsu Onaga to PAFA written in September 21st, 1922 -Application form of Yuanhsi Kuo written in May 19, 1928 with attached profile photograph. -Ticket for Beisen Kubota's lecture held in 1893 -Catalogue for Exhibition of Paintings by Japanese Artists held in April 11, 1923 at PAFA -Catalogue for An Exhibition of Chinese Paintings held in April 11, 1947 -Ticket for An Exhibition of Chinese Paintings held in April 11, 1947

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