Details
Creator Graeff, Henry F., artist.
Contributor Trumbauer, Horace, 1868-1938, architect.
Title Whitemarsh, E.T. Stotesbury's estate [graphic] / Henry F. Graeff.
Publisher [Pennsylvania]
Publisher PA. 1930
Date [ca. 1930]
Physical Description 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and colored pencil ; sheet 25 x 15 cm (9.75 x 6 in.)
Description Drawing depicting Whitemarsh Hall designed by architect Horace Trumbauer for banker Edward T. Stotesbury and built in 1921 in Wyndmoor, Pa. Shows an exterior view of the rear of the six-storied, neo-Georgian style mansion. In the foreground, a pathway lined with topiary shrubs leads to the house. The manicured lawn and garden are decorated with pink flower bushes. Whitemarsh Hall was demolished in 1980.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist.
Signed by artist in the lower right.
Manuscript text written on recto in lower right corner: "174 Rooms." Note is mistaken; Whitemarsh Hall had 147 rooms.
Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
Subject Stotesbury, Edward Townsend, 1849-1938 -- Homes and haunts.
Whitemarsh Hall (Wyndmoor, Pa.)
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Wyndmoor.
Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Wyndmoor.
Mansions -- Pennsylvania -- Wyndmoor.
Shrubs -- Pennsylvania -- Wyndmoor.
Geographic subject Wyndmoor (Pa.)
Genre Drawings -- 1920-1930.
Ink drawings -- 1920-1930.
Watercolors -- 1920-1930.
Associated name Trumbauer, Horace, 1868-1938, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.66.17]
Accession number P.2019.66.17