Details
Contributor Holbrooke, W. H., publisher.
Title Ancient chart. [graphic] : copied from the original brought from "Jerusalem" now in the possession of Brother Colonel Wilkins Philadelphia.
Publisher New York : W.H. Holbrooke
Date [ca. 1850]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 67 x 51 cm (26 x 20 in.)
Description Print depicting ruins and an open grave. In the left, shows a human skull and bones beside an open grave. Tools lie near a square stone, including a shovel, a spade, and a triangle. A snake slithers away. In the right, a man, attired in a robe leans on a broken column. A dog stands among stones and pieces of columns. Plants grow on top of part of the building left standing. In the background, a group of men holding sticks, walks down a path toward the sea. One man, holding a stick, climbs up a hill towards a circular, columned building, possibly a temple. Palm trees grow.
Notes Title from image.
Date inferred from active dates of the printer.
Copyright statement on recto: Entered for the Proprietor according to act of Congress by Brother W.H. Holbrooke, New York.
Gift of David Doret, 2011.
Subject Graves.
Men.
Palms.
Ruins.
Skulls.
Temples.
Genre Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| PRINT | **GC - Allegories [P.2011.45.5]
Accession number P.2011.45.5