Details
Creator Constable, William, 1783-1861, artist.
Contributor Palmer, Timothy, 1751-1821, architect.
Title Bridge over the Schuylkill at Philadelphia. [graphic] / W. Constable, Del.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1807
Date Sept. 12, 1807
Physical Description 1 drawing : watercolor ; sheet 37 x 24 cm (14.5 x 9.5 in.)
Description View of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge built after the designs of Timothy Palmer and completed in 1805 at Market Street over the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. Shows the stone, covered bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. Trees are visible along the river bank. The bridge was redesigned in 1850 by the Pennsylvania Railroad and destroyed by fire in 1875.
Notes Title and date from item.
Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner.
Manuscript written in top left corner on recto: 32.
Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2022.
Biographical / historical note William Constable (1783-1861) learned to draw as an apprentice in an engineering firm in Lewes, England. He traveled to the United States in 1806 and began taking painting lessons. He and his brother Daniel traveled America sketching and making watercolors. He returned to England in 1808.
Subject Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Schuylkill Permanent Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Genre Landscape drawings -- 1800-1810.
Watercolors -- 1800-1810
Associated name Palmer, Timothy, 1751-1821, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2022.62.3.10]
Accession number P.2022.62.3.10