| Creator |
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, artist. |
| Contributor |
Ellet, Charles, 1810-1862, engineer. |
|
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
| Title |
[View of the Fairmount Water Works] [graphic] / Fred. Graff, Jr. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1847 |
| Date |
[ca. 1847] |
| Physical Description |
1 drawing : watercolor ; sheet 36 x 26 cm (14 x 10 in.) |
| Description |
Landscape view showing the engine house originally built between 1812 and 1815 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer
Frederick Graff at the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the Federal-style engine house and the garden created by Graff in 1829
featuring geometric walkways with trees and a fountain. Two women and a man walk around the garden. The Wire Suspension Bridge
built over the Schuylkill River from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. is visible in the background.
Trees grow along the river bank.
|
| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
|
Date inferred from date of construction of the garden and fountain. |
|
Signed by the artist on verso. |
|
Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2022. |
| Biographical / historical note |
Frederick Graff, Jr. (1817-1890) was chief engineer of Philadelphia's Water Department from 1847 to 1856 and 1866 to 1872.
His father Frederick Graff (1774-1847) was superintendent of the Philadelphia Water Works in 1805 and recommended their relocation
to Fairmount in 1811. He designed the Fairmount Water Works, which was constructed between 1812 and 1822.
|
| Subject |
Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Walkways -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Schuylkill River (Pa.) |
|
Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Landscape drawings -- 1840-1850. |
|
Watercolors -- 1840-1850 |
| Associated name |
Ellet, Charles, 1810-1862, engineer. |
| Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2022.62.3.11] |
| Accession number |
P.2022.62.3.11 |
