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TitleAnalytical Roman Alphabet

Creator nameBecker, George

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleCalligrapher

Creation date1854

Object typeCalligraphy

MaterialsUnknown

LocationUnknown

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsCalligraphy, American--19th centuryLettering in artTeaching--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

StatusPage 3 from Becker's Ornamental Penmanship (Philadelphia: U. Hunt & Son, 1854)

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Eakins’s Early Years

Amy Werbel

Thomas Eakins

THOMAS EAKINS was born in Philadelphia on July 25, 1844. Both the place and time of his birth were significant preconditions for the development of one of this nation’s most insightful, revered, and enigmatic painters. An established center for arts and sciences, Philadelphia at mid-nineteenth century provided rich and rigorous educational opportunities. Instruction by esteemed professors at...

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Darrel Sewell (Editor)

PublisherPhiladelphia Museum of Art

Related print edition pages: pp.1-11

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Chapter subject tags:Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916Painting, American--19th centuryArt--Study and Teaching--United States--19th century

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