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Philadelphia Victorian: The Building of the Athenaeum
Philadelphia Victorian The Building of the Athenaeum Author:Roger W. Moss By Roger W. Moss (Athenĉum) 172pp., 169 duotone illustrations; paperback. The Athenĉum of Philadelphia sponsored three competitions for a building to house its growing library in the 1830s and 1840s. Few American structures of that period are so richly documented or can claim as competitors such early 19th-century masters as William Stricklan... more »d, John Haviland, Napoleon LeBrun, Thomas Ustick Walter, Thomas S. Stewart, and John Notman--and have their drawings survive.« less