
Study for “Chronicle of the planting of the true state,” Governor’s Reception Room, Pennsylvania State Capitol
Date
1902–6Medium
Graphite and pastel on gray paper with framing lines in graphiteCredit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015Dimensions
13 ¾ x 11 in.Description & Inscriptions
[text on tree branches in graphite]: [illegible]; [immediately below the tree in graphite]: Chronicle of the planing of the true state; [first line of text below framing line]: Bondage in Egypt. -- Escape through reliance upon God. / [lines struck through in graphite] / [9 additional lines of text in graphite, last line]: Fruitage [underscored] the founding of the Holy experiment of Pennsylvania