This publication details the reports of the judges and the awards in Group XXVII (Plastic and graphic art) of the International Exhibition of 1876 held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
It was published also in the Reports of the Centennial Commission. Washington, 1880, v. 3-8.
Provenance
Inscribed in ink on the paper cover 'Presented to the Royal Academy Library.' [This inscription is probaby by the signed note on the verso of this cover.]
Inscription in ink on the verso of the paper front cover: 'Note. / The report on painting was not that which was adopted by the / Committee of judges. It was / written after their departure / by one of the Committee who was / in the minority (I believe of one) / & who succeeded in getting added / a long supplementary list of / artists principally American / & of New York) for awards, / without their sanction - / C. W. Cope. / Jany 1878
Binding Note
In quarter-bound beige leather with gilt lettering on the spine, 'Plastic And Graphic Art - Philadelphia Exhibition 1876' and 'R.A.'