. Rand, McNally & co.'s Handy guide to Philadelphia and environs, including Atlantic City and Cape May. pers), and these are likely to be of the very highestinterest, as Philadelphia possesses, in its private houses, many pic-tures and art-objects of the highest excellence and rare value. Ofprivate picture-galleries, those of Wm. B. Bement and of Mrs. HenryC. Gibson are especially noteworthy. The only permanent and publicart-gallery of importance is that of The Academy of Fine Arts. —This owns and occupies the con-spicuous Venetian building at Broad and Cherry streets, built in societ
. Rand, McNally & co.'s Handy guide to Philadelphia and environs, including Atlantic City and Cape May. pers), and these are likely to be of the very highestinterest, as Philadelphia possesses, in its private houses, many pic-tures and art-objects of the highest excellence and rare value. Ofprivate picture-galleries, those of Wm. B. Bement and of Mrs. HenryC. Gibson are especially noteworthy. The only permanent and publicart-gallery of importance is that of The Academy of Fine Arts. —This owns and occupies the con-spicuous Venetian building at Broad and Cherry streets, built in society was founded in 1805, and has collected a. large libraryand a priceless assemblage of art-treasures, including the Phillipscollection of over sixty thousand etchings and engravings. It sup-ports schools in drawing, painting, and sculpture, which are amongthe foremost in America, and have trained many of our best artistsand sculptors. Admission to the gallery, 25 cents. Among the most notable of the three hundred or more paiiitingsupon its walls are: (^American artists) C. W. Peales portraits, of. 9 LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS. 83 himself and of Robert Morris; Gilbert Stuarts replica of hisLansdowne portrait of Washington, and his portrait of Mrs. Blod-gett; Benjamin Wests Rejection of Christ; John VanderlynsAriadne in Naxos ; Washington Allstons Dead Man Resuscitatedby the Bones of Elisha ; Thomas Sullys Cook as Richard III; Reads Sheridans Ride (well remembered by Centennialvisitors); F. A. Bridgmans Roumanian Lady; Thomas HillsYosemite ; John Neagles Pat Lyon at the Forge, and manyothers; {foreign artists) W. Bougereaus Orestes and the Furies;Peter Janssens Peters Denial; C. R. Leslies Murder of Rut-land by Clifford; Van der Heists Violinist; Witt KampsDeliverance of Leyden; Vernets Cardinal and Friends;Wylies Story-teller; Carolus Durans portrait of Modjeska, andman}^ more illustrating the various European schools. Of sculptures,notable marbles are: W. W. Storys Jerusalem;
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