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Chapter LIV

           Thereweremanythingstheyallwanted,andAnnaAdelaidehadliterallypurloinedafewthoughshedidnotadmitthefacttoherparentsuntillongafterward.

           TherecameadaywhenthetwohousesinGirardAvenuewerethesceneofasheriffssale,duringwhichthegeneralpublic,withoutletorhindrance,waspermittedtotrampthroughtheroomsandexaminethepictures,statuary,andobjectsofartgenerally,whichwereauctionedofftothehighestbidder.ConsiderablefamehadattachedtoCowperwood’sactivitiesinthisfield,owinginthefirstplacetotherealmeritofwhathehadbroughttogether,andinthenextplacetotheenthusiasticcommentofsuchmenasWiltonEllsworth,FletcherNorton,GordonStrakearchitectsandartdealerswhosejudgmentandtastewereconsideredimportantinPhiladelphia.Allofthelovelythingsbywhichhehadsetgreatstoresmallbronzes,representativeofthebestperiodoftheItalianRenaissance;bitsofVenetianglasswhichhehadcollectedwithgreatcareafullcuriocase;statuesbyPowers,Hosmer,andThorwaldsenthingswhichwouldbesmiledatthirtyyearslater,butwhichwereofhighvaluethen;allofhispicturesbyrepresentativeAmericanpaintersfromGilberttoEastmanJohnson,togetherwithafewspecimensofthecurrentFrenchandEnglishschools,wentforasong.ArtjudgmentinPhiladelphiaatthistimewasnotexceedinglyhigh;andsomeofthepictures,forlackofappreciativeunderstanding,weredisposedofatmuchtoolowafigure.

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