Details
Contributor Stott, William, printer.
Title Hand in Hand Fire Company, first grand citizens dress ball [graphic] : To be given Friday March 26th 1847, at the upper saloon of the Museum Building in honor of the celebration of the anniversary of the Fire Association
Publisher [Philadelphia] : W. Stott
Date 1847
Physical Description 1 print : hand-colored lithograph on paper; 19 x 12 cm. (7.5 x 4.75 in.)
Description Invitation containing vignette scenes and pictorial and ornate border details. Vignettes scenes depict the figure of liberty with the American eagle and shield; a sailor and farmer in conversation, and couples dancing in a ballroom. Details include a hand pump fire engine; clasped hands; and filigree. Hand-in-Hand Fire Company, one of the city’s first volunteer fire companies, was organized on March 1, 1741 or 1742.
Notes Date from Poulson inscription.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
POSP 280
Subject Hand-in-Hand Fire Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Balls (Parties)
Fire engines & equipment.
Liberty.
SP10 Philadelphia artists.
Genre Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1840-1850.
Invitations -- 1840-1850.
Provenance Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, compiler.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts| Rare| Poulson scrapbooks - vol.5 [(5)2526.F.8]
Accession number (5)2526.F.8