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Collection: Linfoot Collection

Institution: Athenaeum of Philadelphia

MARC Description:
This item shows no identification of the house. The inscription in the lower right corner reads "Pen & ink by Benjamin Linfoot, Philada. 1885". Comparison of visual elements and the date in this drawing with the print "The Hall, Bardwold, Merion P.R.R. near Philadelphia, the residence of Mrs. A.W. Baird / Benjamin Linfoot, architect, 719 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 1885", cataloged separately, provides the identification used in the title above. Particularly, the shape of the transom over the main entrance to the room, corresponds to that shown to the right of the woman & child in "The Hall". Also, the urn & decorative elements of the grand stair in the two images suggest the same house.

Quantity: 1 drawing : ink on paper ; 63.5 x 97 cm.

Local Call: LIN*042*001

RLIN: PAPV94-F946

Item dates: 1885

Holding types: Ink drawings

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Documented Projects

• Bardwold
  Client: Baird, Edgar W.; Baird, Anna W.
   

Documented Architects, Engineers, and Others

• Linfoot, Benjamin (1840-1912) (Architect)

Location

Merion, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, PA

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[[Unidentified sitting room, Bardwold, Merion, P.R.R. near Philadelphia, the residence of Mrs. A.W. Baird]] (Benjamin Linfoot, 1886) Linfoot Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: LIN*042*001

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