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., 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., Cresson, an illustrator, was an early member and served as secretary of the club 1863-1864.
Creator
Cresson, William Emlen, 1843-1868, artist
Date
[1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.75b]
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., 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., Cresson, an illustrator, was an early member and served as secretary of the club 1863-1864.
Creator
Cresson, William Emlen, 1843-1868, artist
Date
[1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.75b]
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., 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., Cresson, an illustrator, was an early member and served as secretary of the club 1863-1864.
Creator
Cresson, William Emlen, 1843-1868, artist
Date
[1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.75b]
Poster containing Gothic-style lettering bordering a central vignette. Vignette depicts an oval-framed mid-length portrait of a lady in medieval attire holding a pencil and sketchpad. The lady's hand with pencil ascends outside of the frame. The professional artists' club was founded in 1860., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 79, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Date
[1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.75a]
Poster containing Gothic-style lettering bordering a central vignette. Vignette depicts an oval-framed mid-length portrait of a lady in medieval attire holding a pencil and sketchpad. The lady's hand with pencil ascends outside of the frame. The professional artists' club was founded in 1860., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 79, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Date
[1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.75a]