Details
Creator Cresson, William Emlen, 1843-1868, artist.
Contributor Stein & Jones, printer.
Title First annual prize exhibition of the Philadelphia Sketch Club held at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts December 1865. [graphic] / WEC.
Publisher Philadelphia: Stein & Jones lith., no. 32 Chestnut St
Date [1865]
Physical Description 1 print: chromolithograph mounted on album page; 33 x 25 cm.(13 x 9.5 in.)
Description Poster containing seated figures incorporated into the lettering to promote the exhibition of the professional artists' club founded in 1860. Figures include a female muse working with a sketch, and cherubic boys sculpting a bust and painting from a palette. Letters designed as trees, vinery, and a fish tail.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 80
Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Biographical / historical note Cresson, an illustrator, was an early member and served as secretary of the club 1863-1864.
Subject Philadelphia Sketch Club
Art Clubs -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Art exhibitions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Artists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Muses (Greek deities)
Boys.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1860-1870.
Exhibition posters -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.75b]
Accession number P.9349.75b