81st Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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EIG HTY -FIRST
. ANNUAL REPORT
'.
r
OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
OF THE
• •
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FINE ARTS
(FOUNDED I8oS)
FEBRUARY 1887 ToFEB~UARY 1888
PHILADELPHIA
GLOBE PRINTING HOUSE, 112 AND 114 NORTH TWELFTH STREET
1890
OFFICERS OF THE ACADEMY,
1888-1889.
President: GEORGE S. PEPPER.
V£ce-President:
~ WILLIAM
S; BAKER.
Directors.
HENRY C GIBSON,
CLARENCE H. CLARK,
WILLIAM B. BEMENT,
WILLIA~ S. BAKER,
EDWARD H. ,COATES, '
E. BURGESS WARREN,
CHARLES HENRY HART,
JOHN H. PACKARD, M.D.,
HENRY WHELEN, JR.,
JOHN H. CONVERSE,
CHARLES HARE HUTCHINSON,
ALEXANDER BIDDLE.
Commzttee on Academy Property.
WILLIAM B. BEMENT,
JOHN H. CONVERSE,
.
HENRY C. GIBSON.
Committee on Finance.
CLARENCE H. CLARK,
HENRY WHELEN, JR.,
ALEXANDER BIDDLE.
Committee on Instruction.
EDWARD H. COATES,
CHARLES HENRY HART,
WILLIAM S. BAKER,
JOHN H. PACKARD, M.D.,
CHARLES HARE HUTCHINSON.
Committee on Exhibitions.
CHARLES HENRY ' HART,
E. BURGESS ,WARRE~,
WILLJAM B. BEMENT,
JOHNH. PACKARD, MD.,
CHARLES HARE HUTCHINSON.
;Treasurer, . . . . .\ • . . . • • .
Secretary, . . . . . . . • • . . .
Curator of the School and Librarian, .
SCHOOL
· HENRY WHELEN, JR.
· GEORGE CORLISS.
· H. C. WHIPPLE.
DEPARTMENT~I887':";I888.
Day Drawing a'n d Painting Classes, . . .
Modeling and iVight Painting Classes, and}
Demonstrations in Anatomy,
Portrait Class, . . . . . . . . . . . .
Drawing and Painting fl'-om the: Antique,
Lectures on Artistic Anatomy . . • • .
· THOMAS HOVENDEN.
· THOMAS P. ANSHUTZ.
· JAMES P. KELLY.
· BERNHARD UHLE.
· THOMAS ANSHUTZ.
· W. W. KEEN, M.D.
Correspondence on matters connected with the school should be addressed to
Mr. H. C. W~IPPLE, Curator.
EIGHTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
PENNSYLVANIAACADE~1Y
FEBRUARY
8, 1887,
OF THE FINE ARTS
TO FEBRUARY
6, 1888.
THE Board of Directors of the P~nnsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts respectfully submits to the stockholders the following
report for the past year.
ART PROPERTY.
During the year the following works were added to the permanent collection of the Academy:
I. A head,painted in Munich, 1876, by
Bernhard' Uhle.
Presented by THE ARTIST.
2. Paul at Ephesus, a painting by
Peter F. Rothermel.
Presented by MRS. MATTHEW BAIRD.
3. Evening, a painting by
Thomas B. Craig
Presented by THE ARTIST.,
4. Fisherman's family, ct p'a inting by - Clifford Prevost Grayson.
Purchased from 57th Annual Exhibition for
THE TEMPLE COLLECTION.
5. Portrait of Henry Kirke Brown, painted by Ja111esR. Lambdin.
I
,
Presented by THE ARTIST.
6. Plaster cast pf" La Femme Inconnue."
Presented by MARY K. TROTTER.
7. Portrait of John N'ixon, by
Gilbert Stuart.
-Bequeathed by HENRY CRAMOND.
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8, 9. Two bronze medallions from reliefs,
Thomas Eakins.
modeled by
I. Spinning.
2. Knitting.
Presented by EDWARD i-I. COATES.
10. The original copper-plate by Alex. Lawson of the large unfinished engraving after J. L. Krimmel's " Election Day."
Presented by MRS. MARY LAWSON BIRCKHEAD,
daughter of ~he engraver.
11-20. THE FJELD COLLECTION.-On the 24t~ of June last Mrs.
Eliza W. Field presented to the Academy ten pictures as
mentioned in the following list, on condition that they
should be placed together on the walls of the Academy,
as provided for in a certain deed of trust executed by her.
The pictures were accepted on the conditions prescribed,
and were accordingly hung on the West wall of the
Print Room.
I. Virgin and Child, by .
Benozzo Gozzoli.
"
2. Outside Porta del Popolo, Rome, by
William Graham.
3. Miss Willing, afterward Mrs. Richard
Peters, by
.
Gilbert Stuart.
4 . . Judge Richard Peters, by
Peale.
S. Madonna, by
Francia.
6. Fontainbleau (water color), by
C. Troyon.
7. Courtyard,
"by
T. Couture;
8. St. John the Baptist, by
Paolo Veronese.
9. The Last Supper, by
Bonifazio·.
10. Landscape, by
Theodore Rousseau.
21. To this has since been added a miniature portrait of John
Keats, copied from the' original of Jos. Severn by the
husband and the son of the poet's sister, Fanny Keats de
Llanos.
The painting by Thomas B. Craig mentioned above (No.3) is a
reproduction of the picture purchased for the Temple Collection
. from the 56th Annual Exhibition, but destroyed in the fire of
April 8th, 1886. It is quite equal to, if not better than the original work; and its substitution as a free gift from the artist is
cordially acknowledged.
5
THE PRINT COLLECTION
has received from MR. CHARLES HARE HUTCHINSON a complete
set of the " Arundel Society" publications to the end of 1886,
and from MESSRS. JAMES S. EARLE & SONS a copy of the illustrated catalogue of the Stuart Collection, New York, 1887.
DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY.
A set of the plates by Eadweard Muybridge illustrating animal
locomotion, published under the auspices of the University of
Pennsylvania, i887, was presented by FAIRMAN ROGERS.
Catalogues, reports and other pamphlets have also been received from the following persons and institutions:
Mr. William S. Baker.
" Charles Henry Hart.
" H. Teubner, Jr.
American Art Association, New York.
Art Association of Montreal.
Art Committee, Inter-State Exposition, Chicago.
Art Club of Philadelphia.
Art Institute, Chicago.
Art Students' League, New York.
Boston Art Club.
Brooklyn Art Club.
Cincinnati Museum Association.
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington.
Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.
Maryland Institute, Baltimore.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
National Academy of Design, New York.
Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Montreal.
Ogontz Art Class.
Peabody Institute, Baltimore.
Penn Club.
Pennsylvania Museum and School of Indu,strial Art.
Philadelphia School of Design for Women.
Royal Canadian Society of Arts, Tor~nto.
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San Francisco Art Association.
St. LouIs Exposition andM usic Hall Association.
Smithsonian Institution, Washington ..
EXHIBITIONS.
THE FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL E XHIBITION, the first held in the
Spring since 1881, was opened March lOth and closed April 21st,
1887. The catalogue included a number of meritorious works,
one of which it will be noticed now forms part of the Temple '
Collection., A novel feature of this exhibition was the separate
architectu~a1 collection, very artistically arranged in the North
Transept by a Committee of Architects.
The expens~s of this exhibition were $2,977.92
Receipts,
2;652.83
Loss,
$325.09
To this should be added the loss entailed by displacing the
general exhibition, which on a fair estimate would have realized
over $500 in the period during which the receipts were all
credited to the Annual Exhibition.
The Academy labors under serious disadvantages in these
matters. In the first place, the receipts are made very small by
the operation of the two free days in each week and the exceptionally large free list on other days, which includes the major
part of the art lovers of the city either as artists, or as stockholder.s and the recipients of their extra tickets. The number of
stockholders is now nearly fifteen hundred, and they, have the
privilege of giving each year over eight thousand single admission tick€ts to others.
And again, the expenses are made heavy by the necessity of
going outside the 'city to obtain enough important works to insure an exhibition really creditable and useful to a city like this.
Desirable productions cannot be secured without large expenditure for collection and transportation.
PRIZES -AWARDED IN THE FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION:
Te7nple Gold Medal to Clifford Prevost Grayson for -best figure
painting, No. lO2, "Fisherman's Family."
7
Temple Silver Medal to Alexander Harrison for best marine
painting, No. 116," La Vague."
Honorable Mention to the following:
Lucy D. Holme for No. 132, portrait of C. S. W.
William T. RiChards for No. 222, " February."
Wiiliam Sartain for No. 237, " On the Marsh."
Mary Smith Przze, to Cecilia Beaux for her portrait, No. I l.
Honorable Mention to the following:
Lucy D. Holme for No. 132, portrait of C. S. W.
Elizabeth B. Justice for No. 143, "Old Taxidermist at
work."
Mrs. Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown for No. 39, portrait of
Professor J. P. Lesley.
First Charles Toppan Prize to Anne May Lodge, for a portrait,
No. 165.
Second Charles Toppan przze to Charles Francis Browne, for a
marine, No. 3 I .
.
PORTRAIT EXHIBITION.-The Imown wealth of Philadelphia in
family portraits suggested the thought of bringing together for
exhibition a loan collection of original historical portraits, which
.should be so broad in its scope as to include portraits of deceased
persons by living artists, or of llving persons by deceased artists.
On August 1st' a circular was issued and widely distributed, inviting loans for . such an exhibition. By October, two' entries.
only were received. The circular was then supplemented by
personal efforts, with a result both gratifying and praiseworthy.
Our citizens responded with an alacrity and cheerfulness most remarkable, when it is remembered that their compliance meant . a
denuding of their walls of most precious household treasures~
their very lares and penates " and the Directors of the Acad~my
desire to place on record their appreciation of the cordial support received in their endeavor to bring together. what is believed
to be the first systematic collection of historical portraits ever
exhibited in this country.
The Exhibition opened December 1st, 1887, and closed
January 15th, 1888. The catalogue, which in its second edition
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IS claimed to be one of the most perfect and thorough publications of the ki nd ever issued, represented five hundred and seven
paintings, of which forty-six belonged to the Academy.
The account of this exhibition is not yet settled, but it is
known that it will show a considerable loss. It was, however,
plainly in. the Academy's line of duty to risk this loss; and it is
hoped ' that the credit an exhibition of such high character must
necessarily give to the A'c ademy and the city will be productive
of future gain.
THE GENERAL EXIUBITION, depending as it does on the permanent collection and such loans as may from time to time be
offered, is profitable, though the profits are small. A special attraction during the last summer and autumn was a set of the
chromo-lithographs of old m asters, "forming a part of the
Arundel Society publications, the gift of which is elsewhere reported. These were framed at the expense of the donor and
hung in the two octagon galleries, G and H, which they completely filled, forming' a very interesting- and instructive exhibit.
It is gratifying to note a marked increase in the General Exhibition receipts during the past year. This is shown clearly by
the following comparative statements of receipts for admission:
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October
November.
1886.
$406 .2 5
17 8 .75
161.5 0
224.2 5
25 0 .5 0
' 247.5 0
7 00 .2 5
188 7.
$ 597.00
174·5 0
146 .0 0
257·75
4 23.50
335.5 0
9 62 .50
$2, 169. 00
$2,89 6 .75
Of the increased receipts in September last at least $ 15 0 may
be fairly attributed to the influx of visitors attending the Constitutional Centennial Celebration.
As the General Exhibition was interrupted, however, twelve
weeks in 1887 against four in 1886, it does not make quite as
good a showing in the balance sheet of 1887.
9,
\
The greater part of all the exhibition receipts, whether general
or special, is taken in on Thursdays, in consequence of the
Concerts of the Germama Orchestra. These have now been given
for more than ten years, and the year j,ust past was the most
profitable . in their history, though the present one promises to
surpass it.
Unusual efforts have been made and will be continued in preparing for the Fifty-eighth Annual Exhz"bitz'on, in order to give it
value and importance. The artists comprising the
Jury of Selection and Hanging Committee ;
CHARLES LINFORD,
COLIN CAMPBELL COOPER, JR.,
Chairman.
THOMAS
B.
CRAIG, BERNHARD UHLE,
Secretary.
J.
L.
GEROME FERRIS,
have been earnest and zealous in ,their co-operation with the
Acaderny. Three of their number visited New York and presented the claims of the Exhibition to the artists there, who have
responded liberally with important contributions.
SCHOOL .DEPARTMENT.
In the schools of the Academy there has been no change of
importance to record during the past year. The new arrangement of classes under different masters, previously made, and referred to in the last annual report, has worked harmoniously and
satisfactorily and with encouraging results. On the part of the
students there is a ,gratifying interest in every department of the
school work, and the attendance has been rather 'larger than in
the prec:eding year.
CONSTITUTIONAL CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
In September last the national festival held for three days
brought many visitors to the Academy, which was also chosen
by the Commission in charge for one of the receptions.
The grand banquet at the Academy of Music, which closed
the .festivities, was given by a combinatiori of eight of the old
institutions of learning, of art and of science in Philadelphia, this
Academy being one of the number:
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ENDOWMENT FUND.
At the last annual meeting we reported subscriptions to the
Endowment Fund (and the additional $ 10,000 asked to cover the
loss by the fire of April, 1886) amounting to $ II2,500. Of this
amount $ 107,000 has been collected, $3,500 of which has been
paid in since the date of the balance sheet. The Endowment
Fund proper, $ 100,000, has all been invested. The Trustees of the
Fund have met with much difficulty in making safe investments
without reducing the amount by payment of premiums, but have
succeeded in placing the entire sum in undoubted securities,
bringing as the average five per cent. per annum .
This sum, large as it may seem, is wholly insufficient, as will
be seen by the profit and loss account of the maintenance of the
institution, and no effort should be spared to increase it . .
FINANCES.
By the balance sheet appended it will be seen that the deficit
for the year amounts to $4,5°3-74. This, it is expected, will be
largely decreased during the coming year, owing to the final
investment of the Endowment Fund. The deficit in the school
department is $974.25 more than in 1886, which is largely due
to extensions and improvements.
BALANCE SHEET, PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS.
JANUARY I, 1888.
DR.
Real Estate, Broad and Cherry Streets, .
. $478,009
Art ,Property, . . . . . . . . . . .
2II,063
Library and School Property, ' . . . . .
2, 61 7
Investment in Pen~a. Academy of the Fine Arts Bonds, 24,000
Penna. Academy Bonds (held by Temple 'Trust),
60,000
Penna. Academy Bonds (held by Gilpin Trust), . . .
18,060
Lehigh Valley 7 per cent. Bonds (held for Toppan
Fund), . . .' . . .
8,000
. .... . .. . ..•
Penna. 5 per cent. Loan (held for Sn1-ith Fund), . . .
2,000
Peerless BricK. Co. Bonds, . . , . . . . . $20,000
Susquehanna Canal Co., . . . . . . .
3,000
Schuylkill Nav. Co., . . . . . . . .
. 2,000
Richmond & Danville Equipment Trust,
5,000
Mortgage Fort Scott,
. 20,000
Sioux City Municipal Bonds, .
. 10,000
'*Held for Endowment Fund, .
- - - - 60,000
Miscellaneous, . . . . . . .
23 8
Fire April 8, 1886, . . . . .
6,17 0
Cash - A waiting investment for Endowment and Trust Bunds,
, $5 0,739 43
In General Fund,
3,859 22
- - - $54,59 8
* See Article on Endowment Fund,
18
85
19
00
00
00
00
00
00
39
55
CR .
Capital Stock,
Surplus,
Old Stock,
Mortgage S. W. Cor. Broad and Cherry Streets,
,x-Endowment Fund (including Fire Fund),
Phillips Bequest, . , . . . . . . .
Temple Trust. Fund, . . . . . . .
Temple Trust Fund Income account,
Gilpin Trust Fund, . " . . . . . •
Toppan Prize Fund, '· . . . . . . .
Toppan Prize Fund Income account,
Mary Smith Prize Fund,. • . . . .
Mary Smith Prize Fund' Income account,
Neill Bequest" . . ;' . . . . :
Bills Payable, . . . . . . . .
Portrait Exhibition (incomplete),
Miscellaneous, ' . . . . . . . .
: $445,500
134,3'£1
12,850
102,000
103,500
12,000
60,000
4,39 1
24,095
8,000
2, 06 7
2,000
100
5,000
8,000
708
101
00
77
00
00
00
00
00
99
59
00
70
06
00
00
00
96
80
65
$924,697 81
[ OVER.]
$9 24,697 81
PROFIT AND LOSS BALANCES.
DECEMBER
DR.
57th Annual Exhibition (1887), .
Instruction,
Interest,
General Expenses,
House Expenses, .
Art Property Expenses,
E xpenses of Phillips' Collecti@Il- amd Library,
$326
1,723
5,279
6,454
47 6
39
600
24
86
63
10
56
57
00
31, 1887.
CR.
. .
General Exhibition, .
Academy Rents (against which are $281.95 charges
General Expenses account),
Income from Funds for General Ex:penses :
' $1,800
TemplG, . .
Gilpin, . ..
1,275
Endowment,
2, 80 9
..
$14,899 96
1,,3 84 60
00
69
71
- ----
Income for Phillips' Collection and Library,
Transfer Fees,
Old Iron, etc.,
-----
$2,480 37
in
Balance-Net loss,
..
1-4
tv
5,885
600
13
32
40
00
25
60
----$10,396 22
4,5 03 74
- -- - -
$14,899 96
. ANNUAL REPORT
'.
r
OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
OF THE
• •
\"j
FINE ARTS
(FOUNDED I8oS)
FEBRUARY 1887 ToFEB~UARY 1888
PHILADELPHIA
GLOBE PRINTING HOUSE, 112 AND 114 NORTH TWELFTH STREET
1890
OFFICERS OF THE ACADEMY,
1888-1889.
President: GEORGE S. PEPPER.
V£ce-President:
~ WILLIAM
S; BAKER.
Directors.
HENRY C GIBSON,
CLARENCE H. CLARK,
WILLIAM B. BEMENT,
WILLIA~ S. BAKER,
EDWARD H. ,COATES, '
E. BURGESS WARREN,
CHARLES HENRY HART,
JOHN H. PACKARD, M.D.,
HENRY WHELEN, JR.,
JOHN H. CONVERSE,
CHARLES HARE HUTCHINSON,
ALEXANDER BIDDLE.
Commzttee on Academy Property.
WILLIAM B. BEMENT,
JOHN H. CONVERSE,
.
HENRY C. GIBSON.
Committee on Finance.
CLARENCE H. CLARK,
HENRY WHELEN, JR.,
ALEXANDER BIDDLE.
Committee on Instruction.
EDWARD H. COATES,
CHARLES HENRY HART,
WILLIAM S. BAKER,
JOHN H. PACKARD, M.D.,
CHARLES HARE HUTCHINSON.
Committee on Exhibitions.
CHARLES HENRY ' HART,
E. BURGESS ,WARRE~,
WILLJAM B. BEMENT,
JOHNH. PACKARD, MD.,
CHARLES HARE HUTCHINSON.
;Treasurer, . . . . .\ • . . . • • .
Secretary, . . . . . . . • • . . .
Curator of the School and Librarian, .
SCHOOL
· HENRY WHELEN, JR.
· GEORGE CORLISS.
· H. C. WHIPPLE.
DEPARTMENT~I887':";I888.
Day Drawing a'n d Painting Classes, . . .
Modeling and iVight Painting Classes, and}
Demonstrations in Anatomy,
Portrait Class, . . . . . . . . . . . .
Drawing and Painting fl'-om the: Antique,
Lectures on Artistic Anatomy . . • • .
· THOMAS HOVENDEN.
· THOMAS P. ANSHUTZ.
· JAMES P. KELLY.
· BERNHARD UHLE.
· THOMAS ANSHUTZ.
· W. W. KEEN, M.D.
Correspondence on matters connected with the school should be addressed to
Mr. H. C. W~IPPLE, Curator.
EIGHTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
PENNSYLVANIAACADE~1Y
FEBRUARY
8, 1887,
OF THE FINE ARTS
TO FEBRUARY
6, 1888.
THE Board of Directors of the P~nnsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts respectfully submits to the stockholders the following
report for the past year.
ART PROPERTY.
During the year the following works were added to the permanent collection of the Academy:
I. A head,painted in Munich, 1876, by
Bernhard' Uhle.
Presented by THE ARTIST.
2. Paul at Ephesus, a painting by
Peter F. Rothermel.
Presented by MRS. MATTHEW BAIRD.
3. Evening, a painting by
Thomas B. Craig
Presented by THE ARTIST.,
4. Fisherman's family, ct p'a inting by - Clifford Prevost Grayson.
Purchased from 57th Annual Exhibition for
THE TEMPLE COLLECTION.
5. Portrait of Henry Kirke Brown, painted by Ja111esR. Lambdin.
I
,
Presented by THE ARTIST.
6. Plaster cast pf" La Femme Inconnue."
Presented by MARY K. TROTTER.
7. Portrait of John N'ixon, by
Gilbert Stuart.
-Bequeathed by HENRY CRAMOND.
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8, 9. Two bronze medallions from reliefs,
Thomas Eakins.
modeled by
I. Spinning.
2. Knitting.
Presented by EDWARD i-I. COATES.
10. The original copper-plate by Alex. Lawson of the large unfinished engraving after J. L. Krimmel's " Election Day."
Presented by MRS. MARY LAWSON BIRCKHEAD,
daughter of ~he engraver.
11-20. THE FJELD COLLECTION.-On the 24t~ of June last Mrs.
Eliza W. Field presented to the Academy ten pictures as
mentioned in the following list, on condition that they
should be placed together on the walls of the Academy,
as provided for in a certain deed of trust executed by her.
The pictures were accepted on the conditions prescribed,
and were accordingly hung on the West wall of the
Print Room.
I. Virgin and Child, by .
Benozzo Gozzoli.
"
2. Outside Porta del Popolo, Rome, by
William Graham.
3. Miss Willing, afterward Mrs. Richard
Peters, by
.
Gilbert Stuart.
4 . . Judge Richard Peters, by
Peale.
S. Madonna, by
Francia.
6. Fontainbleau (water color), by
C. Troyon.
7. Courtyard,
"by
T. Couture;
8. St. John the Baptist, by
Paolo Veronese.
9. The Last Supper, by
Bonifazio·.
10. Landscape, by
Theodore Rousseau.
21. To this has since been added a miniature portrait of John
Keats, copied from the' original of Jos. Severn by the
husband and the son of the poet's sister, Fanny Keats de
Llanos.
The painting by Thomas B. Craig mentioned above (No.3) is a
reproduction of the picture purchased for the Temple Collection
. from the 56th Annual Exhibition, but destroyed in the fire of
April 8th, 1886. It is quite equal to, if not better than the original work; and its substitution as a free gift from the artist is
cordially acknowledged.
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THE PRINT COLLECTION
has received from MR. CHARLES HARE HUTCHINSON a complete
set of the " Arundel Society" publications to the end of 1886,
and from MESSRS. JAMES S. EARLE & SONS a copy of the illustrated catalogue of the Stuart Collection, New York, 1887.
DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY.
A set of the plates by Eadweard Muybridge illustrating animal
locomotion, published under the auspices of the University of
Pennsylvania, i887, was presented by FAIRMAN ROGERS.
Catalogues, reports and other pamphlets have also been received from the following persons and institutions:
Mr. William S. Baker.
" Charles Henry Hart.
" H. Teubner, Jr.
American Art Association, New York.
Art Association of Montreal.
Art Committee, Inter-State Exposition, Chicago.
Art Club of Philadelphia.
Art Institute, Chicago.
Art Students' League, New York.
Boston Art Club.
Brooklyn Art Club.
Cincinnati Museum Association.
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington.
Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.
Maryland Institute, Baltimore.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
National Academy of Design, New York.
Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Montreal.
Ogontz Art Class.
Peabody Institute, Baltimore.
Penn Club.
Pennsylvania Museum and School of Indu,strial Art.
Philadelphia School of Design for Women.
Royal Canadian Society of Arts, Tor~nto.
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San Francisco Art Association.
St. LouIs Exposition andM usic Hall Association.
Smithsonian Institution, Washington ..
EXHIBITIONS.
THE FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL E XHIBITION, the first held in the
Spring since 1881, was opened March lOth and closed April 21st,
1887. The catalogue included a number of meritorious works,
one of which it will be noticed now forms part of the Temple '
Collection., A novel feature of this exhibition was the separate
architectu~a1 collection, very artistically arranged in the North
Transept by a Committee of Architects.
The expens~s of this exhibition were $2,977.92
Receipts,
2;652.83
Loss,
$325.09
To this should be added the loss entailed by displacing the
general exhibition, which on a fair estimate would have realized
over $500 in the period during which the receipts were all
credited to the Annual Exhibition.
The Academy labors under serious disadvantages in these
matters. In the first place, the receipts are made very small by
the operation of the two free days in each week and the exceptionally large free list on other days, which includes the major
part of the art lovers of the city either as artists, or as stockholder.s and the recipients of their extra tickets. The number of
stockholders is now nearly fifteen hundred, and they, have the
privilege of giving each year over eight thousand single admission tick€ts to others.
And again, the expenses are made heavy by the necessity of
going outside the 'city to obtain enough important works to insure an exhibition really creditable and useful to a city like this.
Desirable productions cannot be secured without large expenditure for collection and transportation.
PRIZES -AWARDED IN THE FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION:
Te7nple Gold Medal to Clifford Prevost Grayson for -best figure
painting, No. lO2, "Fisherman's Family."
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Temple Silver Medal to Alexander Harrison for best marine
painting, No. 116," La Vague."
Honorable Mention to the following:
Lucy D. Holme for No. 132, portrait of C. S. W.
William T. RiChards for No. 222, " February."
Wiiliam Sartain for No. 237, " On the Marsh."
Mary Smith Przze, to Cecilia Beaux for her portrait, No. I l.
Honorable Mention to the following:
Lucy D. Holme for No. 132, portrait of C. S. W.
Elizabeth B. Justice for No. 143, "Old Taxidermist at
work."
Mrs. Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown for No. 39, portrait of
Professor J. P. Lesley.
First Charles Toppan Prize to Anne May Lodge, for a portrait,
No. 165.
Second Charles Toppan przze to Charles Francis Browne, for a
marine, No. 3 I .
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PORTRAIT EXHIBITION.-The Imown wealth of Philadelphia in
family portraits suggested the thought of bringing together for
exhibition a loan collection of original historical portraits, which
.should be so broad in its scope as to include portraits of deceased
persons by living artists, or of llving persons by deceased artists.
On August 1st' a circular was issued and widely distributed, inviting loans for . such an exhibition. By October, two' entries.
only were received. The circular was then supplemented by
personal efforts, with a result both gratifying and praiseworthy.
Our citizens responded with an alacrity and cheerfulness most remarkable, when it is remembered that their compliance meant . a
denuding of their walls of most precious household treasures~
their very lares and penates " and the Directors of the Acad~my
desire to place on record their appreciation of the cordial support received in their endeavor to bring together. what is believed
to be the first systematic collection of historical portraits ever
exhibited in this country.
The Exhibition opened December 1st, 1887, and closed
January 15th, 1888. The catalogue, which in its second edition
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IS claimed to be one of the most perfect and thorough publications of the ki nd ever issued, represented five hundred and seven
paintings, of which forty-six belonged to the Academy.
The account of this exhibition is not yet settled, but it is
known that it will show a considerable loss. It was, however,
plainly in. the Academy's line of duty to risk this loss; and it is
hoped ' that the credit an exhibition of such high character must
necessarily give to the A'c ademy and the city will be productive
of future gain.
THE GENERAL EXIUBITION, depending as it does on the permanent collection and such loans as may from time to time be
offered, is profitable, though the profits are small. A special attraction during the last summer and autumn was a set of the
chromo-lithographs of old m asters, "forming a part of the
Arundel Society publications, the gift of which is elsewhere reported. These were framed at the expense of the donor and
hung in the two octagon galleries, G and H, which they completely filled, forming' a very interesting- and instructive exhibit.
It is gratifying to note a marked increase in the General Exhibition receipts during the past year. This is shown clearly by
the following comparative statements of receipts for admission:
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October
November.
1886.
$406 .2 5
17 8 .75
161.5 0
224.2 5
25 0 .5 0
' 247.5 0
7 00 .2 5
188 7.
$ 597.00
174·5 0
146 .0 0
257·75
4 23.50
335.5 0
9 62 .50
$2, 169. 00
$2,89 6 .75
Of the increased receipts in September last at least $ 15 0 may
be fairly attributed to the influx of visitors attending the Constitutional Centennial Celebration.
As the General Exhibition was interrupted, however, twelve
weeks in 1887 against four in 1886, it does not make quite as
good a showing in the balance sheet of 1887.
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The greater part of all the exhibition receipts, whether general
or special, is taken in on Thursdays, in consequence of the
Concerts of the Germama Orchestra. These have now been given
for more than ten years, and the year j,ust past was the most
profitable . in their history, though the present one promises to
surpass it.
Unusual efforts have been made and will be continued in preparing for the Fifty-eighth Annual Exhz"bitz'on, in order to give it
value and importance. The artists comprising the
Jury of Selection and Hanging Committee ;
CHARLES LINFORD,
COLIN CAMPBELL COOPER, JR.,
Chairman.
THOMAS
B.
CRAIG, BERNHARD UHLE,
Secretary.
J.
L.
GEROME FERRIS,
have been earnest and zealous in ,their co-operation with the
Acaderny. Three of their number visited New York and presented the claims of the Exhibition to the artists there, who have
responded liberally with important contributions.
SCHOOL .DEPARTMENT.
In the schools of the Academy there has been no change of
importance to record during the past year. The new arrangement of classes under different masters, previously made, and referred to in the last annual report, has worked harmoniously and
satisfactorily and with encouraging results. On the part of the
students there is a ,gratifying interest in every department of the
school work, and the attendance has been rather 'larger than in
the prec:eding year.
CONSTITUTIONAL CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
In September last the national festival held for three days
brought many visitors to the Academy, which was also chosen
by the Commission in charge for one of the receptions.
The grand banquet at the Academy of Music, which closed
the .festivities, was given by a combinatiori of eight of the old
institutions of learning, of art and of science in Philadelphia, this
Academy being one of the number:
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ENDOWMENT FUND.
At the last annual meeting we reported subscriptions to the
Endowment Fund (and the additional $ 10,000 asked to cover the
loss by the fire of April, 1886) amounting to $ II2,500. Of this
amount $ 107,000 has been collected, $3,500 of which has been
paid in since the date of the balance sheet. The Endowment
Fund proper, $ 100,000, has all been invested. The Trustees of the
Fund have met with much difficulty in making safe investments
without reducing the amount by payment of premiums, but have
succeeded in placing the entire sum in undoubted securities,
bringing as the average five per cent. per annum .
This sum, large as it may seem, is wholly insufficient, as will
be seen by the profit and loss account of the maintenance of the
institution, and no effort should be spared to increase it . .
FINANCES.
By the balance sheet appended it will be seen that the deficit
for the year amounts to $4,5°3-74. This, it is expected, will be
largely decreased during the coming year, owing to the final
investment of the Endowment Fund. The deficit in the school
department is $974.25 more than in 1886, which is largely due
to extensions and improvements.
BALANCE SHEET, PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS.
JANUARY I, 1888.
DR.
Real Estate, Broad and Cherry Streets, .
. $478,009
Art ,Property, . . . . . . . . . . .
2II,063
Library and School Property, ' . . . . .
2, 61 7
Investment in Pen~a. Academy of the Fine Arts Bonds, 24,000
Penna. Academy Bonds (held by Temple 'Trust),
60,000
Penna. Academy Bonds (held by Gilpin Trust), . . .
18,060
Lehigh Valley 7 per cent. Bonds (held for Toppan
Fund), . . .' . . .
8,000
. .... . .. . ..•
Penna. 5 per cent. Loan (held for Sn1-ith Fund), . . .
2,000
Peerless BricK. Co. Bonds, . . , . . . . . $20,000
Susquehanna Canal Co., . . . . . . .
3,000
Schuylkill Nav. Co., . . . . . . . .
. 2,000
Richmond & Danville Equipment Trust,
5,000
Mortgage Fort Scott,
. 20,000
Sioux City Municipal Bonds, .
. 10,000
'*Held for Endowment Fund, .
- - - - 60,000
Miscellaneous, . . . . . . .
23 8
Fire April 8, 1886, . . . . .
6,17 0
Cash - A waiting investment for Endowment and Trust Bunds,
, $5 0,739 43
In General Fund,
3,859 22
- - - $54,59 8
* See Article on Endowment Fund,
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85
19
00
00
00
00
00
00
39
55
CR .
Capital Stock,
Surplus,
Old Stock,
Mortgage S. W. Cor. Broad and Cherry Streets,
,x-Endowment Fund (including Fire Fund),
Phillips Bequest, . , . . . . . . .
Temple Trust. Fund, . . . . . . .
Temple Trust Fund Income account,
Gilpin Trust Fund, . " . . . . . •
Toppan Prize Fund, '· . . . . . . .
Toppan Prize Fund Income account,
Mary Smith Prize Fund,. • . . . .
Mary Smith Prize Fund' Income account,
Neill Bequest" . . ;' . . . . :
Bills Payable, . . . . . . . .
Portrait Exhibition (incomplete),
Miscellaneous, ' . . . . . . . .
: $445,500
134,3'£1
12,850
102,000
103,500
12,000
60,000
4,39 1
24,095
8,000
2, 06 7
2,000
100
5,000
8,000
708
101
00
77
00
00
00
00
00
99
59
00
70
06
00
00
00
96
80
65
$924,697 81
[ OVER.]
$9 24,697 81
PROFIT AND LOSS BALANCES.
DECEMBER
DR.
57th Annual Exhibition (1887), .
Instruction,
Interest,
General Expenses,
House Expenses, .
Art Property Expenses,
E xpenses of Phillips' Collecti@Il- amd Library,
$326
1,723
5,279
6,454
47 6
39
600
24
86
63
10
56
57
00
31, 1887.
CR.
. .
General Exhibition, .
Academy Rents (against which are $281.95 charges
General Expenses account),
Income from Funds for General Ex:penses :
' $1,800
TemplG, . .
Gilpin, . ..
1,275
Endowment,
2, 80 9
..
$14,899 96
1,,3 84 60
00
69
71
- ----
Income for Phillips' Collection and Library,
Transfer Fees,
Old Iron, etc.,
-----
$2,480 37
in
Balance-Net loss,
..
1-4
tv
5,885
600
13
32
40
00
25
60
----$10,396 22
4,5 03 74
- -- - -
$14,899 96