ISBN: 1236281667

[EAN: 9781236281661], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], FRANK BOOTT GOODRICH,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 188 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.4in.This historic … More...

[EAN: 9781236281661], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], FRANK BOOTT GOODRICH,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 188 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.4in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 Excerpt: . . . left unsold at the close of the fair. The report of the Committee on Fine Arts speaks as follows of the beauty and merit of the collection: The best American and the best foreign schools were ably represented in many of their most attractive works, and it is believed that, in respect to modern pictures, this gallery in real merit compared favorably with the best collection ever exhibited in Europe. The size of the gallery was far beyond any thing ever yet attempted in America, and although wanting the fretted ceilings and architectural proportions of the time-honored galleiies of Europe, its rich contents so occupied the eye that what was not beautiful was not seen. The pageant, which rose like an exhalation, as, in happy quotation from Milton, was said of it by a distinguished orator and statesman, charmed and delighted, time and time again, the ever-teeming crowd thronging the gallery during the three short weeks of the exhibition. How often, when the time of closing drew near, was the remark heard, Must this thing of beauty be dispersed, and no more seen Can it not remain, to be a joy forever Three committees had already obtained large sums of money before the opening of the fair--that of Benefits and Exhibitions, that of Orations and Lectures, and that of Musical Entertainments. The period during which these methods of adding to the fund were prosecuted with success was not far from two months. Balls and concerts, some public and some private, amateur theatricals, readings and orations, were given nightly, not only in Philadelphia, but in almost every populous town of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. The Shakspearean Tercentenary, which in New York was tributary to the Statue Fund, went in Philadelphia with the hop of the Gray Re. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<

ISBN: 1236281667

[EAN: 9781236281661], Neubuch, FRANK BOOTT GOODRICH,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can downlo… More...

[EAN: 9781236281661], Neubuch, FRANK BOOTT GOODRICH,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 Excerpt: . . . left unsold at the close of the fair. The report of the Committee on Fine Arts speaks as follows of the beauty and merit of the collection: The best American and the best foreign schools were ably represented in many of their most attractive works, and it is believed that, in respect to modern pictures, this gallery in real merit compared favorably with the best collection ever exhibited in Europe. The size of the gallery was far beyond any thing ever yet attempted in America, and although wanting the fretted ceilings and architectural proportions of the time-honored galleiies of Europe, its rich contents so occupied the eye that what was not beautiful was not seen. The pageant, which rose like an exhalation, as, in happy quotation from Milton, was said of it by a distinguished orator and statesman, charmed and delighted, time and time again, the ever-teeming crowd thronging the gallery during the three short weeks of the exhibition. How often, when the time of closing drew near, was the remark heard, Must this thing of beauty be dispersed, and no more seen Can it not remain, to be a joy forever Three committees had already obtained large sums of money before the opening of the fair--that of Benefits and Exhibitions, that of Orations and Lectures, and that of Musical Entertainments. The period during which these methods of adding to the fund were prosecuted with success was not far from two months. Balls and concerts, some public and some private, amateur theatricals, readings and orations, were given nightly, not only in Philadelphia, but in almost every populous town of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. The Shakspearean Tercentenary, which in New York was tributary to the Statue Fund, went in Philadelphia with the hop of the Gray Re. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<

2012, ISBN: 1236281667

[EAN: 9781236281661], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers c… More...

[EAN: 9781236281661], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 Excerpt: . left unsold at the close of the fair. The report of the Committee on Fine Arts speaks as follows of the beauty and merit of the collection: The best American and the best foreign schools were ably represented in many of their most attractive works, and it is believed that, in respect to modern pictures, this gallery in real merit compared favorably with the best collection ever exhibited in Europe. The size of the gallery was far beyond any thing ever yet attempted in America, and although wanting the fretted ceilings and architectural proportions of the time-honored galleiies of Europe, its rich contents so occupied the eye that what was not beautiful was not seen. The pageant, which rose like an exhalation, as, in happy quotation from Milton, was said of it by a distinguished orator and statesman, charmed and delighted, time and time again, the ever-teeming crowd thronging the gallery during the three short weeks of the exhibition. How often, when the time of closing drew near, was the remark heard, Must this thing of beauty be dispersed, and no more seen? Can it not remain, to be a joy forever? Three committees had already obtained large sums of money before the opening of the fair--that of Benefits and Exhibitions, that of Orations and Lectures, and that of Musical Entertainments. The period during which these methods of adding to the fund were prosecuted with success was not far from two months. Balls and concerts, some public and some private, amateur theatricals, readings and orations, were given nightly, not only in Philadelphia, but in almost every populous town of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. The Shakspearean Tercentenary, which in New York was tributary to the Statue Fund, went in Philadelphia with the hop of the Gray Re.<