Athenaeum of Philadelphia Art Collections
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Each image may be purchased as a canvas print, framed print, metal print, and more! Every purchase comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Nightingale by Koson

The Cat That Walked by Himself by Rudyard Kipling

Cover design for The Blue Flower by Margaret Armstrong

Guarantee Trust Company exterior tile by Frank Furness

Fairmount Waterworks about 1838 by Unknown

Viola Cucullata Common Blue Violet by L Prang

A plan of the City of Philadelphia and Environs, 1808-1811 by John Hills

Pachyderm House, Philadelphia Zoo, detail of weather vane by Paul Philippe Cret

Iris Cuprea Copper Iris. by unknown

Ceiling Design, Union League by George Herzog

Plan of Philadelphia, 1860 by Augustus Mitchell

Tiger Lily by Chikutei

Merchants Exchange, 1838 by J C Wild

The State House in 1778 by William Breton

Bird and Moon by Hotei

Puppy and Hedgehog, illustration of by Cecil Aldin

Detail - Detroit Institute of Art by Paul Philippe Cret

Athenaeum Reading Room by Thornton Oakley

Design For City Hall Tower by Thomas Ustick Walter

Lyric theatre by Irvin R Glazer

Butterflies detail - Papilio philenor by unknown

Butterfly by unknown

Still Life with Roses, circa 1860 by Severin Roesen

Independence Square, 1899 by unknown
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About the Athenaeum of Philadelphia
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia is an independent member-supported library and museum that engages members, scholars and the interested general public to join actively in the cultural and intellectual life of Philadelphia and participate in historical, literary and educational activities. To that end, the Athenaeum must be a diligent steward of its National Historic Landmark building and its collections of books, manuscripts, architectural drawings, photographs, and historic objects.
The Athenaeum was founded in 1814 to collect materials "connected with the history and antiquities of America, and the useful arts, and generally to disseminate useful knowledge" for public benefit. Annually the Athenaeum's nationally significant collections attract thousands of readers: graduate students and senior scholars, architects, interior designers, museum curators, and private owners of historic buildings. It provides the Philadelphia region with a resource of first resort on matters of architecture and interior design history, particularly for the period 1800 to 1945.
The Athenaeum building was designed in 1845 by the innovative architect John Notman (1810-1865). It is widely hailed as the seminal American structure in the Italianate Revival Style and one of the first Philadelphia buildings built of brownstone. Severely plain on the exterior and deceptive in scale, the Athenaeum building contains richly embellished reading rooms with 24-foot ceilings. Into these spaces has been gathered a museum collection of American fine and decorative arts from the period 1800 to 1850 which is available for group or individual tours by advance reservation. The building has been expanded and restored to provide appropriate facilities for the care and exhibition of the collections. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977.