The Art Treasures of Washington an Account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the National Gallery and Museum .. .
Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1912.
First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine with no dust jacket. Item #14949
1912 Christmas gift note, otherwise slight wear. Crisp hardcover. ; Well illustrated. Attractive decorated book cover. "The book aims to cover the seriously conceived works of art in Washington, with special reference to its galleries, its museum, and its public statuary ...". Captures that turn-of-the-century period when the United States began to embrace its growing power and Washington enhanced its cultural institutions to reflecting that national pride. ; 0 pages.
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