Details
Creator Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, compiler.
Contributor Gilbert, George, fl. 1818-1836, engraver.
Magnus, Charles, printer.
McClees, James E., 1821-1887, photographer.
Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, artist.
Traubel, M. H. (Morris H.), 1820-1897, artist.
Williams, W. (William), engraver.
Wagner & M'Guigan, printer.
Title Illustrations of Philadelphia [graphic] / Vincit qui se vincit. Collected by Chas. A. Poulson.
Date ca. 1824-1864
Physical Description 1 scrapbook (ca. 230 newspaper clippings, prints, drawings, manuscript): letterpress, inscriptions, wood engravings, watercolors, pencil works, and engravings; scrapbook 34 x 21 cm.(13.25 x 8.25 in.)
Description Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, prints, drawings and manuscript notes, predominantly dated to the 1850s, pertaining to the history, the built environment, and social climate of Philadelphia. Subject matter includes clippings about Federalists, Leiper Railroad, beer brewing, historic private houses, and Patrick Lyon from the newspaper column series "Reminiscences of Philadelphia" (Christian Observer, 1856), "Philadelphia Peculiarities" (Philadelphia Sunday Mercury, 1856), and "Recollections from the Past" (authored by Poulson) and "To Readers and Anxious Inquirers" (Sunday Dispatch, 1856); articles about the early history of Germantown and Independence Hall, the origin of April Fools, a “Venerable document,” i.e., a 1747 indenture between the Library Company and librarian Robert Greenway, and the 1859 cholera epidemic at the Arch Street Prison; and newspaper advertisements for the Zoological Institute (48 S. Fifth St.), Page's Patent Safety Cab, and Colonel Chaffin, “The Celebrated Dwarf, at the Masonic Hall" (1845). Also contains an editorial about the poor quality of the Philadelphia Directory for 1865; a song sheet "Social Quoit Club" by Charles Alexander inscribed with a note about its provenance by Poulson on the verso; Poulson manuscripts about notable houses, including the Butler Mansion (Chestnut & Eighth Sts.), William Waln House (Chestnut & Seventh Sts.), and James Fisher mansion (Chestnut & Ninth Sts.); and prints, watercolors, and sketches, several created and signed by Poulson, predominantly showing Philadelphia residences, landmarks, and city and landscapes.
Graphic materials include a Charles Magnus print after the Trumbull painting, "Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776"; the captioned George Gilbert illustration "A View of the Grand Civic Arch... in Honor of Lafayette" (1824); a Le Met miniature portrait of Timothy Palmer; a James McClees photograph of the engraving "The Hour of Sunset, on the Fourth of July 1776" and Poulson watercolor and sketches (often with extensive manuscript captions) showing "Episcopal Academy," "A House on the North side of Chestnut Street, next to that on the N.E. corner of Eighth Street, lately occupied by Danl. W. Coxe, Esq. who deceased there June 3, 1852" (1857), "Sketch of the river Schuylkill at Fairmount. The wooden floating bridge and tavern &c by C. A. P. under the tuition of Jemmy Cox, the drawing master," "Jonathan Leedom’s Iron Store, no. 211 S. Front St. or now no. 343," "Sketch of the Emlen or [Benendye?] house Chestnut St. opposite the State house and next to Jacob Ridgway’s house on the east" (1858); and advertising vignettes and cameo stamps for businesses, including a segar store (Mulberry St.), G. S. Appleton, bookseller, publisher & importer of foreign books (148, i.e, 600 block Chestnut St.), W. C. Allen, broom & variety store, and a multi-manned press of “The Saturday Evening Post.” Other images include satiric women's fashion vignettes and a cut out caricature of an African American man advertising Sanford's Opera House.
Notes Majority of contents annotated with a date by Poulson.
Title page illustrated with a ca. 1856 lithographer's advertisement issued by Wagner & McGuigan. Depicts an allegorical, patriotic scene with the figure of Columbia, attired in a toga, American flag, and laurel wreath, and with a broken shackle under her foot as she stands on a pedestal.
Verso of title page contains Poulson inscription: "The "Articles" in the book are taken from fugitive sources only; and the dates affixed to each are those of the newspapers &c from which they were procured."
Back free end paper contains Poulson inscription: "The dates of the articles herein, are those of the Newspapers &c from they are cut."
"Index to set in back part of vol. XI."
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Allen, William C.
Appleton, George Swett. 1821-1878.
Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822 -- Homes and haunts.
Fisher, James Cowles -- Homes and haunts.
Leedom, Jonathan.
Palmer, Timothy, 1751-1821 -- Portraits.
Waln, William, 1775-1875 -- Homes and haunts.
Academy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the City of Philadelphia.
Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Printing presses.
Stores & shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Women -- Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
SP3 Afro-Americana.
Geographic subject Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Scrapbooks -- 1820-1870.
Advertisements -- 1840-1860.
Cameos (Stamps) -- 1840-1860.
Clippings -- 1840-1860.
Engravings -- 1820-1860.
Inscriptions -- 1850-1860.
Letterpress works -- 1840-1870.
Pencil works -- 1850-1860.
Satires (Visual works) -- 1830-1860.
Song sheets -- 1840-1850.
Watercolors -- 1850-1860.
Wood engravings -- 1840-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts| Rare| Poulson scrapbooks - vol. 2 [(2)2526.F]
Accession number (2)2526.F