[John Frederick Lewis portrait collection] -- 1750-1942.

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[John Frederick Lewis portrait collection] -- 1750-1942.

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Established in 1928, the John Frederick Lewis Portrait Collection contains more than 200,000 portrait prints in all media. Subjects in the collection include: political, religious, military leaders; royalty and nobility; artists, composers, and writers; scientists and inventors; performers, including film and stage actors; figures from antiquity; and others. Among these prints are numerous works of art by such artists as Van Dyck, Nanteuil and Holbein. Highlights include a photograph of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt attending their son Elliott's wedding in Bryn Mawr in 1932, an engraving of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, and dozens of engraved portraits of Benjamin Franklin. Portraits are in a variety of media, including engravings, etchings, lithographs, mezzotints, ink drawings, photographs, half-tone reproductions, and magazine and newspaper clippings.

133 linear feet

Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library

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Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library

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