Details
Creator Robyn, Edward, 1820-1862, artist.
Contributor Sinclair, Thomas S., approximately 1805-1881, printer.
Title Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. [graphic] : This certifies that [Rev. William Hance]... / Lith of T. Sinclair Phila. Desgd & engrd by E. Robyn.
Publisher Philadelphia : Thomas Sinclair
Date [ca. 1855]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 36 x 26 cm (14 x 10 in.)
Description Certificate for life membership in the Philadelphia Sabbath Association and depicting a church next to a canal. In the center, shows a church. Men and a woman walk towards the church and enter through the front door. In the foreground is a canal with a canal boat docked and a railway car. In the right are several buildings. In the left are horses and cows in a fenced in field, and a house is visible in the background. The Philadelphia Sabbath Association was founded in 1840 and aimed to promote the protection of the Sabbath and provided Sunday services for canal workers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from content.
Text printed and manuscript written on recto: ...by a contribution of twenty dollars made by [M.E. Union Church, Phila. June 1, 1856] is constituted a Life Member of the Philadelphia Sabbath Association. [John A. Brown] President. [Milfred Hall] Cor. Secy. [Martin Buehler] Treasurer.
Gift of David Doret.
Lib. Company. Annual Report, 2009, p. 56-7.
Subject Hance, William.
Philadelphia Sabbath Association (Pennsylvania)
Canal boats.
Canals.
Churches -- United States.
Men.
Railroad cars.
Railroads.
Sabbath.
Sabbaths.
Women.
Genre Certificates -- 1850-1860.
Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Philadelphia Certifcates - Phila. Sabbath [P.2009.24.11]
Accession number P.2009.24.11