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Study for "Genius of Electricity" float, Founder's Week ... Image 1

Study for "Genius of Electricity" float, Founder's Week pageant (October 9, 1908) Philadelphia, Pa.

Date
c. 1908
Medium
Graphite on paper on board
Credit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Dimensions
16 x 11 in.

Description & Inscriptions

[bottom left in graphite]: J.J. [?]; [upper left in graphite]: there should be a large / battery on this car so / that the "sparks" can / be constant; [captions to elements of float, clockwise from top, in graphite]: Genius of Electricity / seated figure; kite; Franklin / drawing the / lightning / (by means of / battery); clouds

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