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Sarah Amelia Scull to Sarah Josepha Hale
Sarah Josepha Hale to David E. Hale Edit: Also includes message from Horatio Hale to David E. Hale
Sarah Josepha Hale to Harriette A. Dillaye
Sarah Platt Doremus to Sarah Josepha Hale Correction: Signature appears to be S. D. Doremus, so possibly Sarah DuBois Doremus , daughter of Sarah Platt Doremus
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John Sartain was born in London, apprenticed as an engraver to John Swaine (1823-30). In 1830 he married and emigrated to Philadelphia. He was successful as an engraver but not as a publisher (a couple of cultural journals were ill-fated). He was Vice President of Philadelphia School of Design for Women (later Moore College of Art), Freemason; Artists Fund Society; Society of St. George; Director of P.A.F.A.; and a Freeman of London. During the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia he was chief of the Bureau of Art.
Russell Smith (1812-1896) was born in Glasgow, Scotland and came to the U.S. in 1819 and later studied art with James R. Lambdin. His diversified career included work as a scene painter, landscape painter and scientific draughtsman. He was a regular contributor at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA).
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Scene along Wissahickon Drive, above Allen Lane
Postcard to Miss Amelia Reely from Edith
Scene in front of St Charles and Breakers Hotels, Showing Garden Pier
Postcard to Mr. E O Chamberlain from Florence
William L. Schaffer (c. 1806-1884), Vice president of the Girard National Bank, and his sister, Elizabeth, are among the Athenaeum benefactors whose names are inscribed in the marble tablets of the Reading Room on the second floor. After Schaffer's death, the Board of Directors asked Elizabeth to lend a portrait of her late brother "in order that a copy be made and hung on the walls of the Library". Instead, she presented the Athenaeum with this portrait in March 1893.
Scholarship spelling blanks (illustrated tablet cover)
School of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania
Grandson of John Morin Scott, mayor of Philadelphia during 1840's riots, who lived on Washington Square and was an Athenaeum shareholder (Share #181) from 1816-1863.
Oct. 8, 1923-Elected Vice President of the Athenaeum
Oct. 14, 1924-Selected to present the Athenaeum address to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Dec. 21, 1925-ELected President of Athenaeum at special meeting to succeed George Harrison Fosher on his death.
Sculptured Leather Screen -- "The Conquerors"
Thomas Birch (1779-1851), son of artist William Birch, distinguished himself as a prolific painter of marine views and ship portraiture. He achieved early success with his depictions of American naval engagements of the War of 1812. He enjoyed a long career, exhibiting regularly at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts for forty years.
Seated woman and man, young girl, and dog
Seated woman and man, young girl, and dog by fireplace
Seated woman in black coat with orange trim
Seated woman reading and reaching into a box
Seated woman with hands clasped around knee/Woman with long hair
Second Open Air Exhibition, Philadelphia Horse Show Association
Second Street, Philadelphia in Colonial Days
Section of Bindery, The Saturday Evening Post, The Curtis Publishing Company
Section of Color Press Room, The Ladies' Home Journal, The Curtis Publishing Company
Section of one of the Press Rooms, Ladies' Home Journal, The Curtis Publishing Company
See the Antics of the Real Live Musical Dolls