Water color illustrations of North American plants : manuscript, 1893-1928 / Lily Wells.

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Water color illustrations of North American plants : manuscript, 1893-1928 / Lily Wells.

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Comprises 7 sketchbooks of botanical watercolors; plus one bound volume of seven individual watercolor plates. In the sketchbooks each plant is identified; location and habitat are described and each painting is dated. Locations of plants illustrated include Philadelphia and suburbs, Shawnee and Mt. Pocono, Pa.; Camden, Williamstown, Atco, Absecon, Asbury Park, and Gloucester Co., N.J.; Westkill, Echo Notch, and Lebanon Springs, N.Y.; West Quincy, West Roxbury, Milton, and Berkshire Co., Mass.; Middletown, R.I.; Mt. Kearsarge and Shelburne, N. H.; and Kittery, Me.

8 v. : col. ill.

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania.

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The Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania was part of the Towne Scientific School until 1920, when a separate School of Fine Arts was established, teaching architecture and other fine arts. Teaching staff and courses of instruction of the Towne Scientific School, Department of Architecture were listed in the Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania. The School of Fine Arts published its teaching staff, regulations, courses of study, competitons and, in some years, curre...

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