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Schuylkill River above Fairmount Dam, Philada. in 1843. [graphic] / A.K. 1878.
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Bits of Nature and Some Art Products in Fairmount Park at Philadelphia, Penna.
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Creator
Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist.
Title
Schuylkill River above Fairmount Dam, Philada. in 1843. [graphic] / A.K. 1878.
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1878
Date
[ca. 1878]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph, tinted with two stones and mounted on album page ; 28 x 36 cm. (11 x 14 in.)
Description
Lithograph showing the profile of an older man sitting on a hill high above the Schuylkill River above Fairmount Dam. Men ride horseback closer to the water's edge, large barges carry materials, and people recreate in small rowboats on the Schuylkill River. Also shows a large dwelling in the distance and smoke billowing from a building on the opposite bank of the dwelling.
Notes
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note
Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Subject
Barges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Rowboats -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horseback riding -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Genre
Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1870-1880.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.10]
Accession number
2086.F.10
In Collections
Bits of Nature and Some Art Products in Fairmount Park at Philadelphia, Penna.
Album Collection
Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Published Albums
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