Details
Creator Fuchs, F., engraver.
Contributor Serz, John, approximately 1810-approximately 1878, publisher.
Title Siebentes allgemeines Saengerfest in Philadelphia vom 13-16 Juni 1857. = Seventh General Singer Festival in Philad. Pa. 13 to the 16 of June 1857. [graphic] / Zeichmung und stahlstich von F. Fuchs actives mitglied des jungen Maennerchors.
Publisher Philadelphia : Published by J. Serz, No. 409 Vine Street above 4th
Date [ca. 1857]
Physical Description 1 print : engraving ; sheet 36 x 50 cm (14 x 19.5 in.)
Description Print showing seven vignettes depicting the seventh general Singer Festival in Philadelphia from June 13 to 16, 1857. In the top are two vignettes of Lemon Hill mansion built 1799-1800 for businessman Henry Pratt in East Fairmount Park. In the left, shows an exterior view of the south side of the mansion with men and women sitting and standing on the lawn and the porch. In the right, shows an exterior view of the north side with a stage in the left. A woman stands in the doorway, and people stand on the porch. In the top center, Columbia, depicted as a white woman lifting a sword in the air, holds hands with Germania, depicted as a white woman with her left hand on the hilt of her sword. In front of them is a American crested shield that reads, “Liberti.” In the center, shows a procession of soldiers, some on horseback, a marching band, and men who hold flags that read, “Sangerbund Philadelphia.” Spectators look on including a group of two African American men and an African American boy. In the bottom left is a triumphal arch decorated with an American and a German flag that leads to a path towards a building with large flags flying on top. In the center is an interior view of the Academy of Music with one thousand singers on the stage and a packed audience watching. In the right, a crowd stands around the “standard tree" decorated with flags. In 1844, several years after Pratt’s death, Lemon Hill became the first mansion acquired by the city of Philadelphia to establish a public park, i.e., Fairmount Park. The residence was used as a lager beer garden following the establishment of the park in 1855.
Notes Title from the item.
Date inferred from content.
In German with English.
Gift of David Doret.
Contents Lemonhill south side -- Eintracht macht stark. Unity is strength -- Lemonhill north side -- Festzug der Saenger nach Lemonhill. March of the singers to the excursion at Lemonhill -- Triumhbogen. Triumphal Arch -- Concert given in the Academy of Music by 1000 singers -- Fahnenbaum. Standard tree.
Subject Pratt, Henry, 1761-1838 -- Homes and haunts.
Academy of Music (Philadelphia, Pa.)
African American boys.
African American men.
Allegories.
Columbia (Symbolic character)
Germania (Symbolic character)
German Americans.
Flags.
Mansions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Marching bands -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Memorial arches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Men.
Musicians.
Parades & processions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Singers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Soldiers -- American.
Spectators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Women.
African American History.
Women.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- East.
Lemon Hill (Pa. : Estate)
Genre Engravings -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Ph Pr - Events - Singer [P.2007.28.27]
Accession number P.2007.28.27

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