Details
Contributor Stein & Jones, printer.
Title Philadelphia Sketch Club [graphic]
Publisher Philadelphia: Stein & Jones lith
Date [ca. 1865]
Physical Description 1 print: chromolithograph mounted on album page; 31 x 39 cm.(12.75 x 15.75 in.)
Description Souvenir print, or possibly design for a membership certificate, for the professional artists' club founded in 1860. Contains an oval-framed depiction of a near nude, slightly draped cherubic boy, holding a scroll under one arm, and an artist's tongs in his other hand, as he leans on a bust of Minerva. Includes a silhouette of the boy and bust. Clasp-shaped adornments containing filigree details flank the oval. Clasps adorned with a sketchbook and paint palette that enclose a pencil and paintbrush, respectively.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 187
Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Subject Minerva (Roman deity)
Philadelphia Sketch Club
Art Clubs -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Artists' tools.
Boys.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1860-1870.
Advertisements -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.69]
Accession number P.9349.69