116th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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116th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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ANNUAL RE:PORT
TO Tfill STOCKHOLDERS:
The President and
Dir~ctors
of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts have the honor to
present their l17th Annual Report.
Your stockholder's Tickets for the calendar year of 1923
were mailed to you on December 31st, 1922.
These tickets will
admit the Stocldl01der to all lectures and entertainments given by
the Academy or under its auspices, whether admission be charged
fa the public or not.
~ratified
The President and Directors Vlould be mos-t
by the frequent use of these tickets.
EXHIBITIONS
The 118th Annual Exhibition of Work in Oil and Soulpture
. ........
',~."
opened to the public on
S~nday,
Sunday, :March 25th, 1923.
February 4th, and continues through
This Exhib'i tion iebf equal importance
with its predecessors, and in many special items, surpasses them.
It is made up of current American Art which represents all the
/
various phases CDf art as produced throughout this broad country.
Among the many examples exhibited are the work of the foremost
painters and sculptors in
America ,~
The Exhibition is in the hands of the Jury of Selection consisting of eleven painters and three sculptors who judged all the
work submitted.
The Hanging Caromi ttee, .~ composed of the Chairman
and three other Jurors, together with the President, Ex-Officio.
arranged the galleries for the Exhibii tion.
J,
.
The canVCl,ses were
selected by the .Painter's Jury consisting of:
William M. Paxton, Chairman
Gifford Bee,l
Emil Carlsen ) .
Robert Henri
Re1hmeie) Wa~do Howell
Paul King
Ri eha rd S. Me ryman
Henry B. Snell
- 2 -
Leslie P. Thompson}
Carroll S. Tyson, Jr.
Martha Walter
The sculpture was chosen by the Sculptors Jury of Selection
consisting of:
Charles Grafly
A~na Vaughn Hyatt
Al~in Polasek ·
A. large proportd:on
".
of the worl\:s presented in the Exhibition
-~
are for sale,' and a large number of smail canva's esand small pieGes
of sculpture are shown which are suitable for hanging in private
h.o uses and are, therefore, of special interest.
From the 11 7th Annual Exhibi ti,on, 1922, ' the following canvases
were purchased for the .f._cademy by the John Lambert Gommi ttee:
still Life with Fruit by Mary Townsend Mason
The Studio by Ralph Taylor
. The Blue Ridge by Ross E. Braught·
.~he
awards of medals in the l17th Annual Exhibition made by
the Jury of Selection were as follows:
The Temple Gold Medal - for the best painting irrespective of
subj ect - to Vfilliam L. Lathrop for his canvas entitled
"October
Evening~
The Jennie Sesnan Gold :Medal - for the best le.ndscape in the
Exhibi tion - to George Oberteuffer for his ca,nvas entitled
"The Little Bathing Beach: 'W isconsin"
The Carol H. Beck Gold Medal - for the }jest portrait in the
Exhibi ticm - to Ellen Emmett Rand for her. canvCl.s entitled
"Portrai t: Ron. Donald T. Warner i,
The Sculptors Jury of Selection awarded to Beatrice Fenton
for her work entitled "Sea-Weed Fountain" the George D.
Widener Memorial Gold Medal.
The following awe,rd of prizes was made by theCommi ttee on Exhibition
consisting of members of the Board of Directors:
The Walter Lippincott Prize to Irving R. Wiles for his canvas
entitled ~The Little Green Hat"
- 3 -
(!)
. The . Mary Smith Prize for the best canvo.sby a Phile.delphia
woman artist to Mary To\vnsend Mason for her canvas entitled
"still Life with Fruit"
The Philadelphia Prize awa.rded by popular vote during the
d.esignated week in March was awarded · to Violet Oakley for her
canvas entitled "Portrait: H. H. Houston Woodward".
The Exhibition consisted of 427 -paintings and 139 pieces of
sculpture; 369 artists were represented.
The total attendance for
the ll?th Annual Exhibitien was 43,145.
Immediately after the l17th Annual Exhibition closed, the
galleries on the south side of the building, gallery K. a,nd. the
centre galleries were rehung with a part of our permane.n t collection.
All of the north galleries and the rotunda were hung with the Thomas
Sully Memorial
Exhibition of 235 examples of his work.
Many of
the portrai ts shewn were not only of great intere.s t because of
their ·sitters but also bec8,use they were examples of the e.rtist's
work which represented him at his very best.
This
E~libitionvres
the most remarkable of the kind since the Portrait Exhibition of
l88?,and on account of .the particular canvases shown and because
of the exhaustive catalogue which was prepared, it takes. its
. place as one of the great achievements of the Academy both
esthetically and historically.
This Exhibition
........ was open to the
public from April 9i;h until May 10th, both inclusive.
Following this exhibition most of the galleries were hung
with work done by the students of the schools and hung in groups
in competition for the William Emlen Cresson Memorial Traveling
(1
Schole.rships and minor school prizes • . The school exrlibi tion was
open to the public on Thursday, May 23d, when the students and
their friends were addressed
byI~.
Huger Elliott in gallery F.,
and the announcements of the awards were made by the President of
the Academy.
Twenty-two groups recommended by the faculty and
· ratified by the Board of Directors were awarded foreign traveling
- 4 These scholarships were as follows:
Anne S. Garrett
Joseph Mielziner
Paul L. 'Gill
Leonard B. Kojro
Roderick McRea
Edward Shenton
Charles E. Clark
Ws,lker :Hancock
Willmer lioffinan
Benjamin Kurtz
Frank Ste.mate
Sarah M. Baker
Dorothy C()X
Mary Carroll Curtis
Will~e VI. Fon
Oarolyn HaY'viood
Irma V. Howard
Sarah Langley'
Barse Miller
\Va tson 1iJeyla,nd'
Ralph Taylor
Sue May Wescott
During the summer the entire permanent collection vias hung
until October 21st, when all th8 galleries excepting 13." C., and D ••
vrere dismantled for the Twentieth Annual 'later Color Exhibition
and the Twenty-First Annual Exhibition under the auspices ()f . the
Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters and the Sixth Annual
Ex-lJ.ibi tionof selected work done by stUdents of ,the Academy t s
Summer School
a~
Chester Springs.
to the public
N()vemb~r
These exhibitions were opened
5th and continued threugh December 10th.
The Jury ()f Selection for the Water. Ool()i' Exhibitien consisted ef:
HughH. Brecl:::enridge
John J. Dull
Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott
w.
H. Holmes
H. Devitt Welsh
Claggett Wilson
The , Exhibition centained 712 examples representing 144 artists.
The Jury awarded the Fhiladelphia Water G()ler Prize to Birger
Sandzen for his entire group ()f water colors as being the strongest
group sho,m.
The Dana Gold :Medal was awarded to Wilmot
,'~r
'
E.
FIeitland for his
entire group of wate_r colors fer boldnes$ ,simp1ici ty. and frankness.
The Charles Beck, Jr., Prize for work which had been
reprodueed :,~
in color was awarded to Ethel Betts Bains for her
painting entitled "Interior".
The Jury of Selection f ,o r the 21st Miniature Exhibition censisting of:
Ellen Wetherald Ahrens
Richard. Blessom Farley
Evelyn Sheylor Harmon
Maria Judson Strean
Alyn Williams
.. 5 -
awarded the Bronze Medal of Honor to A. Margaretta Archambault for
her portrc;tit of Pres'ident Warren G. Harding.
In the Chester Springs Exhibition the Committee on Instruction
awarded the landscape prizes as follows:
1st John N. Fossler - Along the Canal ·
Robert Atwood - Chester County Farm House
3rd Louise E~ Zaring - still Life
2d
Honoalable . Mention
Richard Frederic Rada - Class at Work
Victo r V. Slocum .. Group of -Sculpture
E.lla Miriam Wood - Portrait
On ·November 23d a group of 108 drawings )from 18 different art
schools of the country were shown in the print room of the Academy
until December
30th~
These drawings were in competition for the
Charles M. Lea Prizes, and the Jury of Selection for the Water Color
'E xhibition awarded as foliows:
1st ;Prize - Sa.rah I.angiey
2nd Prize - Glenna Latimer
3rd Prize- Luigi , Spiz~irri
all of Ylhom are students !Ln the Sch001s of the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts.
~
FrOID December 12th until January 23rd, the entire galleries
were occupied by the permanent collection.
SCHQOLS
The Schools of the Academy have had a successful year with a
total registration for the first term of 265, which is the largest
attendance recorded since the beginning of the War • . Instruction
in the Scho,ols is given by a fe.cu1ty of recognized standing in the
art world consisting of.
..IF
Charles Grafly
Hugh H. Breckenridge
Henry McCarter
" Da~iel Garber
Arthur B. Carles
Richard S. J.[e.;r~n
- 6 ...
George Harding
John F. Harbeson
Fred Wagn er
George Oberteuffer
Albert Laessle
(
The School is under the management of the Corrnnittee on Instruc-
,
tion which consists of members of the Board of Directors.
The
Chairnw.n of the Gorrnni ttee is Mr'•. Arthur H. Lea, who is also Chairman, '
E x~Officio.
of the Faculty.
The School is under the liirect
management of the Curator, Roger M. Rittase.
The enrollment is now going 0n for the sec.ond term of the
present school
yea ~.
The Academy's Summer School at Chester Springs, of which D.
Roy Miller is resident manager, has enjoyed the most successful
.'
' season Of the six years during ' which it has been, open to receive
studepts.
lnstruction Vilas given. from April to October and consisted
of criticism by the following artists;
Fred Wagner
Daniel Garber
George Harding
George Oberteuffer
Albert Laessle
The total number of students enrolled during the
s,~ason
was
198.
The necessary irrnnediate equipment of the School having been
provided, the energy is now directed toward securing sufficient color
in its surroundings by planting of shrubs and flowers ·to meet the
esthetic requirements of such an institution.
FREE COl'TCER'1'S
~ree . Sunday
concerts under the management of a special
commi ttee of which Mrs. Herbert L. Clarlc 1's Chairman were given
in the Academy furing April , a.l,fuy, June
1922, and also January o·f 1923.
J
November, and December of
These concerts are very largely
at'tended and are instrumental in increasing the art educatien of the
- 7 visitors who come to the. Academy to hear the music.
The total number of visitors to the Academy's galleries
during the year 1922 was 134,459.
ACQUISI1'IONS
By gift, portrait of Thomas Birch by ,John Neagle presented
by John Frederick Lewis ·f or the Artists Gallery.
By gift, for the general collection, portrait of Robert
Gilmor! by John Wesley Jarvis, prese;ted 1Dy John Frederick Lewis.
By gif·t, for the general collection, the Ilortrai t of
Constantine Francois Volney, Comte deChasseboeuf, by Gilbert
stuart, presented by Mrs. Thomas Bayard.
By gift. a photograph of Joseph Temple and also a cameo
\
portrait €If Mr. lemple, presented through Mrs. T. Hollingsworth
Andrews by an unknown donor.
,
By gift, the book entitled "The Holy Experiment"
Oak.l ey, presented by Mrs. John
Frederi~lc
by
Violet
Lewif?
By gift, t,IVO canvases, one entitled · "Thou lirt the Man" by
W. H. Rothermel and the other entitled "Landscape:
C~ttle
Restingtl
by D. Sarden Balthuyzen, presented by Mr. Craig Heberton.
BY . gift, painting of "Edmund Kean as Shylock" by John Neagle,
presented by the Misses Fredonia and Naomi Durang.
By gift, portrait of
1I}!rS
Thomas (:Margaret) O'Neill tt by
Thomas Sully, presented by Edward O'Neill.
By .gift, the painting entitled tllnfantry in Arms II b,y Walter '
- Lippincott, presented by Homer F. Emens.
H.
By gift, the portraits of Griffith Evans and Mrs. Griffith
Evans,' presented by Mr. G. E. Abbot.
By
g~ft,
a stencil board, presented by Dr. Keen.
By gift, for the artists gallery, a painting of "James Peale
and His Family" by James Peale, presented by John Frederick Lew.i s.
·f(
- 8 -
By gift, the sum of five thousand dollars presented in
addition
to the Dr. HerbertM. Howe Memorial Fund in Support of the Schools,
by Mrs. Herbert M. Howe.
By purchase by the Larabert Fund Committee,
flStill Life with Fruitflby Mary Townsend Mason
tiThe Studio" ~y Ralph Taylor
"The Blue Ridge U by Ross E. Braught
By purchase, two lithographs by George BelloW's, . to be added
, to the Philips Collection.
By bequest, under the will of the late Emily . Dutilh, marble
bust of Napoleon Bonaparte, and also bequest of fp800. 00.
BUILDINGS
No new construction has been done during the year.
repairs have been dorie ' to the roof
largely repainted.
I
Necessary
and the builcUng has been '
The basement has been white washed.
The pipes
of the steam heating plant have been covered throughout with
asbestos.
The building at 1834 Arch
Str~et
has been cleaned and repainted
where necessary.
The treasurer's report in detail is submitted.
The thanks of the Management of the Academy is extended to
the Honorable
I
the Mayor._.of Philadelphia, to the Mayor f s Cabinet
and to the Council for their contimued sympathy and their support
and to the J? resident and Members of the Board of Education in send(
ing to C" o.u r Schools students desiring te study art.
I) )
We als.o acknowledge our debt to the Press of Philadelphia.
which has given to
th~.
Academy. and to the cause of art, intelligent
.
.
critieisms of all the Exhibitions which we have had.
We also make grateful acknowledgement to the employees ' of the
Academy for their faithful Iierformance of t heir duty.
... 9 ...
Respectfully submitt.ed,
TO Tfill STOCKHOLDERS:
The President and
Dir~ctors
of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts have the honor to
present their l17th Annual Report.
Your stockholder's Tickets for the calendar year of 1923
were mailed to you on December 31st, 1922.
These tickets will
admit the Stocldl01der to all lectures and entertainments given by
the Academy or under its auspices, whether admission be charged
fa the public or not.
~ratified
The President and Directors Vlould be mos-t
by the frequent use of these tickets.
EXHIBITIONS
The 118th Annual Exhibition of Work in Oil and Soulpture
. ........
',~."
opened to the public on
S~nday,
Sunday, :March 25th, 1923.
February 4th, and continues through
This Exhib'i tion iebf equal importance
with its predecessors, and in many special items, surpasses them.
It is made up of current American Art which represents all the
/
various phases CDf art as produced throughout this broad country.
Among the many examples exhibited are the work of the foremost
painters and sculptors in
America ,~
The Exhibition is in the hands of the Jury of Selection consisting of eleven painters and three sculptors who judged all the
work submitted.
The Hanging Caromi ttee, .~ composed of the Chairman
and three other Jurors, together with the President, Ex-Officio.
arranged the galleries for the Exhibii tion.
J,
.
The canVCl,ses were
selected by the .Painter's Jury consisting of:
William M. Paxton, Chairman
Gifford Bee,l
Emil Carlsen ) .
Robert Henri
Re1hmeie) Wa~do Howell
Paul King
Ri eha rd S. Me ryman
Henry B. Snell
- 2 -
Leslie P. Thompson}
Carroll S. Tyson, Jr.
Martha Walter
The sculpture was chosen by the Sculptors Jury of Selection
consisting of:
Charles Grafly
A~na Vaughn Hyatt
Al~in Polasek ·
A. large proportd:on
".
of the worl\:s presented in the Exhibition
-~
are for sale,' and a large number of smail canva's esand small pieGes
of sculpture are shown which are suitable for hanging in private
h.o uses and are, therefore, of special interest.
From the 11 7th Annual Exhibi ti,on, 1922, ' the following canvases
were purchased for the .f._cademy by the John Lambert Gommi ttee:
still Life with Fruit by Mary Townsend Mason
The Studio by Ralph Taylor
. The Blue Ridge by Ross E. Braught·
.~he
awards of medals in the l17th Annual Exhibition made by
the Jury of Selection were as follows:
The Temple Gold Medal - for the best painting irrespective of
subj ect - to Vfilliam L. Lathrop for his canvas entitled
"October
Evening~
The Jennie Sesnan Gold :Medal - for the best le.ndscape in the
Exhibi tion - to George Oberteuffer for his ca,nvas entitled
"The Little Bathing Beach: 'W isconsin"
The Carol H. Beck Gold Medal - for the }jest portrait in the
Exhibi ticm - to Ellen Emmett Rand for her. canvCl.s entitled
"Portrai t: Ron. Donald T. Warner i,
The Sculptors Jury of Selection awarded to Beatrice Fenton
for her work entitled "Sea-Weed Fountain" the George D.
Widener Memorial Gold Medal.
The following awe,rd of prizes was made by theCommi ttee on Exhibition
consisting of members of the Board of Directors:
The Walter Lippincott Prize to Irving R. Wiles for his canvas
entitled ~The Little Green Hat"
- 3 -
(!)
. The . Mary Smith Prize for the best canvo.sby a Phile.delphia
woman artist to Mary To\vnsend Mason for her canvas entitled
"still Life with Fruit"
The Philadelphia Prize awa.rded by popular vote during the
d.esignated week in March was awarded · to Violet Oakley for her
canvas entitled "Portrait: H. H. Houston Woodward".
The Exhibition consisted of 427 -paintings and 139 pieces of
sculpture; 369 artists were represented.
The total attendance for
the ll?th Annual Exhibitien was 43,145.
Immediately after the l17th Annual Exhibition closed, the
galleries on the south side of the building, gallery K. a,nd. the
centre galleries were rehung with a part of our permane.n t collection.
All of the north galleries and the rotunda were hung with the Thomas
Sully Memorial
Exhibition of 235 examples of his work.
Many of
the portrai ts shewn were not only of great intere.s t because of
their ·sitters but also bec8,use they were examples of the e.rtist's
work which represented him at his very best.
This
E~libitionvres
the most remarkable of the kind since the Portrait Exhibition of
l88?,and on account of .the particular canvases shown and because
of the exhaustive catalogue which was prepared, it takes. its
. place as one of the great achievements of the Academy both
esthetically and historically.
This Exhibition
........ was open to the
public from April 9i;h until May 10th, both inclusive.
Following this exhibition most of the galleries were hung
with work done by the students of the schools and hung in groups
in competition for the William Emlen Cresson Memorial Traveling
(1
Schole.rships and minor school prizes • . The school exrlibi tion was
open to the public on Thursday, May 23d, when the students and
their friends were addressed
byI~.
Huger Elliott in gallery F.,
and the announcements of the awards were made by the President of
the Academy.
Twenty-two groups recommended by the faculty and
· ratified by the Board of Directors were awarded foreign traveling
- 4 These scholarships were as follows:
Anne S. Garrett
Joseph Mielziner
Paul L. 'Gill
Leonard B. Kojro
Roderick McRea
Edward Shenton
Charles E. Clark
Ws,lker :Hancock
Willmer lioffinan
Benjamin Kurtz
Frank Ste.mate
Sarah M. Baker
Dorothy C()X
Mary Carroll Curtis
Will~e VI. Fon
Oarolyn HaY'viood
Irma V. Howard
Sarah Langley'
Barse Miller
\Va tson 1iJeyla,nd'
Ralph Taylor
Sue May Wescott
During the summer the entire permanent collection vias hung
until October 21st, when all th8 galleries excepting 13." C., and D ••
vrere dismantled for the Twentieth Annual 'later Color Exhibition
and the Twenty-First Annual Exhibition under the auspices ()f . the
Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters and the Sixth Annual
Ex-lJ.ibi tionof selected work done by stUdents of ,the Academy t s
Summer School
a~
Chester Springs.
to the public
N()vemb~r
These exhibitions were opened
5th and continued threugh December 10th.
The Jury ()f Selection for the Water. Ool()i' Exhibitien consisted ef:
HughH. Brecl:::enridge
John J. Dull
Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott
w.
H. Holmes
H. Devitt Welsh
Claggett Wilson
The , Exhibition centained 712 examples representing 144 artists.
The Jury awarded the Fhiladelphia Water G()ler Prize to Birger
Sandzen for his entire group ()f water colors as being the strongest
group sho,m.
The Dana Gold :Medal was awarded to Wilmot
,'~r
'
E.
FIeitland for his
entire group of wate_r colors fer boldnes$ ,simp1ici ty. and frankness.
The Charles Beck, Jr., Prize for work which had been
reprodueed :,~
in color was awarded to Ethel Betts Bains for her
painting entitled "Interior".
The Jury of Selection f ,o r the 21st Miniature Exhibition censisting of:
Ellen Wetherald Ahrens
Richard. Blessom Farley
Evelyn Sheylor Harmon
Maria Judson Strean
Alyn Williams
.. 5 -
awarded the Bronze Medal of Honor to A. Margaretta Archambault for
her portrc;tit of Pres'ident Warren G. Harding.
In the Chester Springs Exhibition the Committee on Instruction
awarded the landscape prizes as follows:
1st John N. Fossler - Along the Canal ·
Robert Atwood - Chester County Farm House
3rd Louise E~ Zaring - still Life
2d
Honoalable . Mention
Richard Frederic Rada - Class at Work
Victo r V. Slocum .. Group of -Sculpture
E.lla Miriam Wood - Portrait
On ·November 23d a group of 108 drawings )from 18 different art
schools of the country were shown in the print room of the Academy
until December
30th~
These drawings were in competition for the
Charles M. Lea Prizes, and the Jury of Selection for the Water Color
'E xhibition awarded as foliows:
1st ;Prize - Sa.rah I.angiey
2nd Prize - Glenna Latimer
3rd Prize- Luigi , Spiz~irri
all of Ylhom are students !Ln the Sch001s of the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts.
~
FrOID December 12th until January 23rd, the entire galleries
were occupied by the permanent collection.
SCHQOLS
The Schools of the Academy have had a successful year with a
total registration for the first term of 265, which is the largest
attendance recorded since the beginning of the War • . Instruction
in the Scho,ols is given by a fe.cu1ty of recognized standing in the
art world consisting of.
..IF
Charles Grafly
Hugh H. Breckenridge
Henry McCarter
" Da~iel Garber
Arthur B. Carles
Richard S. J.[e.;r~n
- 6 ...
George Harding
John F. Harbeson
Fred Wagn er
George Oberteuffer
Albert Laessle
(
The School is under the management of the Corrnnittee on Instruc-
,
tion which consists of members of the Board of Directors.
The
Chairnw.n of the Gorrnni ttee is Mr'•. Arthur H. Lea, who is also Chairman, '
E x~Officio.
of the Faculty.
The School is under the liirect
management of the Curator, Roger M. Rittase.
The enrollment is now going 0n for the sec.ond term of the
present school
yea ~.
The Academy's Summer School at Chester Springs, of which D.
Roy Miller is resident manager, has enjoyed the most successful
.'
' season Of the six years during ' which it has been, open to receive
studepts.
lnstruction Vilas given. from April to October and consisted
of criticism by the following artists;
Fred Wagner
Daniel Garber
George Harding
George Oberteuffer
Albert Laessle
The total number of students enrolled during the
s,~ason
was
198.
The necessary irrnnediate equipment of the School having been
provided, the energy is now directed toward securing sufficient color
in its surroundings by planting of shrubs and flowers ·to meet the
esthetic requirements of such an institution.
FREE COl'TCER'1'S
~ree . Sunday
concerts under the management of a special
commi ttee of which Mrs. Herbert L. Clarlc 1's Chairman were given
in the Academy furing April , a.l,fuy, June
1922, and also January o·f 1923.
J
November, and December of
These concerts are very largely
at'tended and are instrumental in increasing the art educatien of the
- 7 visitors who come to the. Academy to hear the music.
The total number of visitors to the Academy's galleries
during the year 1922 was 134,459.
ACQUISI1'IONS
By gift, portrait of Thomas Birch by ,John Neagle presented
by John Frederick Lewis ·f or the Artists Gallery.
By gift, for the general collection, portrait of Robert
Gilmor! by John Wesley Jarvis, prese;ted 1Dy John Frederick Lewis.
By gif·t, for the general collection, the Ilortrai t of
Constantine Francois Volney, Comte deChasseboeuf, by Gilbert
stuart, presented by Mrs. Thomas Bayard.
By gift. a photograph of Joseph Temple and also a cameo
\
portrait €If Mr. lemple, presented through Mrs. T. Hollingsworth
Andrews by an unknown donor.
,
By gift, the book entitled "The Holy Experiment"
Oak.l ey, presented by Mrs. John
Frederi~lc
by
Violet
Lewif?
By gift, t,IVO canvases, one entitled · "Thou lirt the Man" by
W. H. Rothermel and the other entitled "Landscape:
C~ttle
Restingtl
by D. Sarden Balthuyzen, presented by Mr. Craig Heberton.
BY . gift, painting of "Edmund Kean as Shylock" by John Neagle,
presented by the Misses Fredonia and Naomi Durang.
By gift, portrait of
1I}!rS
Thomas (:Margaret) O'Neill tt by
Thomas Sully, presented by Edward O'Neill.
By .gift, the painting entitled tllnfantry in Arms II b,y Walter '
- Lippincott, presented by Homer F. Emens.
H.
By gift, the portraits of Griffith Evans and Mrs. Griffith
Evans,' presented by Mr. G. E. Abbot.
By
g~ft,
a stencil board, presented by Dr. Keen.
By gift, for the artists gallery, a painting of "James Peale
and His Family" by James Peale, presented by John Frederick Lew.i s.
·f(
- 8 -
By gift, the sum of five thousand dollars presented in
addition
to the Dr. HerbertM. Howe Memorial Fund in Support of the Schools,
by Mrs. Herbert M. Howe.
By purchase by the Larabert Fund Committee,
flStill Life with Fruitflby Mary Townsend Mason
tiThe Studio" ~y Ralph Taylor
"The Blue Ridge U by Ross E. Braught
By purchase, two lithographs by George BelloW's, . to be added
, to the Philips Collection.
By bequest, under the will of the late Emily . Dutilh, marble
bust of Napoleon Bonaparte, and also bequest of fp800. 00.
BUILDINGS
No new construction has been done during the year.
repairs have been dorie ' to the roof
largely repainted.
I
Necessary
and the builcUng has been '
The basement has been white washed.
The pipes
of the steam heating plant have been covered throughout with
asbestos.
The building at 1834 Arch
Str~et
has been cleaned and repainted
where necessary.
The treasurer's report in detail is submitted.
The thanks of the Management of the Academy is extended to
the Honorable
I
the Mayor._.of Philadelphia, to the Mayor f s Cabinet
and to the Council for their contimued sympathy and their support
and to the J? resident and Members of the Board of Education in send(
ing to C" o.u r Schools students desiring te study art.
I) )
We als.o acknowledge our debt to the Press of Philadelphia.
which has given to
th~.
Academy. and to the cause of art, intelligent
.
.
critieisms of all the Exhibitions which we have had.
We also make grateful acknowledgement to the employees ' of the
Academy for their faithful Iierformance of t heir duty.
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Respectfully submitt.ed,