The Drexel Collection

• Portrait of George W. Childs Drexel, c 1875
  Son of Anthony J. Drexel
  Raimundo de Maddrazo y Garreta
  (Dates Unknown)
  Oil on Canvas
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The Drexel Collection^TM was created as early as 1892, when Anthony J. Drexel (1826-1893) began acquiring art specifically for Drexel University (then known as Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry). He kept a log, which is presently a part of the Collection, where he listed the art purchased, with the date and the place of purchase.

The collection includes decorative arts, prints, drawings, textiles, a David Rittenhouse Tall-Case Clock, dating to c. 1773, and 19th century paintings. Among the paintings are examples of the Barbizon School and the Düsseldorf Academy, including works by Charles-François Daubigny (1817-1878), Jules Dupré (1811-1889), Andreas Achenbach (1815-1910) and Oswald Achenbach (1827-1905). There are also numerous portraits of the Drexel family, several of which were painted by Anthony J. Drexel's father, Francis Martin Drexel (1792-1863), who was an artist turned banker.

Selected items from the collection can be viewed online at: http://www.drexel.edu/univrel/drexelcollection/collection.asp

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