| Creator |
Bartlett & French, photographer. |
| Title |
Fred'k Graeff's monument at Fairmount. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Date |
ca. 1868 |
| Physical Description |
2 photographic prints: albumen on stereograph mounts; 9 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.) |
| Description |
Shows the monument dedicated to Fairmount Water Works engineer Frederick Graff commissioned by the city and installed June
1, 1848 in the garden near the Fairmount Dam. Monument, adorned with Gothic trim, contains a bust of Graff sculpted by Hugh
Cannon and is surrounded by an ironwork fence and benches. View also includes two spectators, including a man leaning on a
bench; the statue of Diana near the inclined walkway to Reservoir Hill; partial views of a pavilion and the standpipe arch
of the water works; and snow on the ground.
|
| Is part of |
Philadelphia and vicinity. No. 131 |
| Notes |
Attributed to Bartlett & French. |
|
Title from label on verso of P.9212.17. |
|
Yellow mount with square corners. |
|
Distributor's label on verso of P.9212.17: From James Cremer's Stereoscopic Emporium, 18 South Eighth St. Philadelphia. |
|
One of images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. |
|
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Biographical / historical note |
Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1868. |
| Subject |
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847 -- Monuments. |
|
Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Diana (Roman deity) -- Statues. |
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Walkways -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Snow -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
|
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
| Associated name |
Cannon, Hugh, sculptor. |
| Printer |
Cremer, James, 1821-1893, distributor. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo -Bartlett & French - Monuments & statues [(3)1322.F.106b; P.9212.17]] |
| Accession number |
(3)1322.F.106b |
|
P.9212.17 |
