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The great Centennial Exhibition (1876)

Sandhurst, Phillip T, Mueller, A. M. J · Philadelphia ; and Chicago : P.W. Ziegler · leaf 112

An illustration from The great Centennial Exhibition, 1876, leaf 112
THE GEE A T EXHIBITION, 1876. 88 two hundred thousand dollars ; and it was no unusual thing for artists of about that period- to receive sums varying from one hundred thousand dollars to half a million dollars. So rich and generous was Apelles that he offered Protogenes, of Rhodes, five … "The Great Exhibition, 1876."] GANYMEDE. [The Art Gallery. Italian Gallery. hundred thousand dollars for his pictures on hand. Protogenes was not patronized by the Rhodians — Apelles recognized a true artist in Protogenes, and spread the report that he intended selling the Rhodian artist’s pictures…

Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) · Decorative arts · Arts · Machinery · Arts, Modern

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