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Contributor Serz, John, ca. 1810-ca. 1878, artist.
Title [View showing the grounds of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Date [1876]
Physical Description 1 drawing: ink and watercolor; 33 x 51 cm.(13 x 20 in.)
Description Shows four of the main buildings near the Schuylkill River. Includes the Art Gallery, Main Building, Machinery Hall, and Horticultural Hall. Also shows sailing vessels, including the steamboat "Belmont," traversing the river in the foreground. Majority of the buildings were built after the designs of Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.
Notes Probably by John Serz.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr.
Subject Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Vessels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Genre Watercolors -- 1870-1880.
Ink drawings -- 1860-1870.
Associated name Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect.
Associated name Schwarzmann, Hermann J., 1846-1891, architect.
Associated name Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller), 1838-1902, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - Serz [P.9773.3]
Accession number P.9773.3

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