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A View of Reading [graphic] : Taken from the west side of Schuylkill and most respectfully dedicated to the citizens of Berks County Pa. / By F.A. Holtzwart.
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Creator
Holtzwart, Frederick A., artist.
Contributor
Lehman & Duval Lithrs., printer.
Title
A View of Reading [graphic] : Taken from the west side of Schuylkill and most respectfully dedicated to the citizens of Berks County Pa. / By F.A. Holtzwart.
Publisher
Philadelphia : Lehman & Duval
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1837
Date
[ca. 1837]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph mounted on paper ; mount 60 x 43 cm (23.5 x 16.75 in.)
Description
View depicting Reading, Pa. from the west side of the Schuylkill River. In the foreground, foot and vehicular traffic travels on the dirt roads alongside the river’s edge, including a woman carrying a pail, a barefooted white boy with a bag and a dog at his feet, and a horse-drawn carriage carrying a white man and a woman. The women’s faces are obscured by the bonnets they wear. Also near the river, three cows lie down and one stands beside a wooden fence. Boats travel down the river. In the background, the cityscape of Reading is visible including buildings, houses, churches with steeples, and roads.
Notes
Title from item.
Date inferred from content.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject
Boys -- Pennsylvania -- Reading.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Reading.
Cows -- Pennsylvania -- Reading.
Horses -- Pennsylvania -- Reading.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Reading.
Women -- Pennsylvania -- Reading.
Geographic subject
Reading (Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Genre
Cityscape prints -- 1830-1840.
Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2019.64.40]
Accession number
P.2019.64.40
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David Doret Collection of Prints, Photographs, and Ephemera
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