Details
Contributor Allan, William Sir, 1782-1850 artist.
Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872, artist.
Ackerman Lithr., printer.
Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854, artist.
Bennett, W. J. (William James), 1787-1844, artist.
Burnet, John, 1784-1868, artist.
Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889, artist.
Dick, Archibald L., ca. 1805-ca. 1855, engraver.
Doney, Thomas, engraver.
Durand & Co., engraver.
Fenimore, James S,. artist.
Forrest, J. B. (John B.), ca. 1814-1870, engraver.
Graham, A. W., engraver.
Heath, Charles, 1785-1848, engraver.
Herbert, John Rogers, 1810-1890, artist.
Lambdin, George Cochran 1830-1896, artist.
Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869, engraver.
Moran, Edward, 1829-1901, artist.
Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926, artist.
Mount, William Sydney, 1807-1868, artist.
Neale, John, printer.
Parris, E. T. (Edmund Thomas), 1793-1873, artist.
Poussin, Nicolas 1594?-1665, artist.
Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Smillie, engraver.
Rice & Buttre, engraver.
Richards, William Trost, 1833-1905, artist.
Sadd, Henry S., engraver
Sartain, John, 1808-1897, engraver.
Sartain, Samuel, 1830-1906, artist.
Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879, artist.
Sharpe, Eliza, 1796-1874, artist.
Sinclair, Thomas S., ca. 1805-1881, printer.
Trotter, Newbold Hough, 1827-1898, artist.
Waugh, S. B. (Samuel Bell), 1814-1885, artist.
Waitt, Benjamin Franklin, b. 1817, engraver.
Title [Engravings] [graphic].
Date [ca. 1832-ca. 1868]
Physical Description ca. 176 prints in 1 scrapbook: mezzotints, line engravings, albumen prints, lithographs, chromolithographs; scrapbook 35 x 26 cm (13.75 x 10.25 in)
Description Scrapbook containing primarily engraved gift book and periodical illustrations issued between circa 1832 and 1868 from American and British publications, including "Columbian Lady’s and Gentlemen’s Magazine"; "Godey's Lady's Book"; "Ladies Companion"; "New Mirror"; and "Sartain's Magazine." Illustrations, several engraved by A. L. Dick, predominantly depict sentimental, romantic, religious, genre and allegorical views and often include children and animals. Titles include "The Draught Players"; "The Lovers"; "The Philosopher & His Kite" (showing Benjamin Franklin); "They sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites [sic] for twenty pieces of silver; "Lake See Hoo and Temple of the Thundering Winds from the Vale of Tombs"; "Schuylkill Water Works"; "Luther on Christmas Eve"; "Farmers Nooning," including an African American man farm hand (after 1843 W. S. Mount painting); "Cup-tossing" (reading of tea leaves); "The Opera Box"; and "The Village School." Portrait prints, including an image of Jenny Lind, and a few architectural design prints also encompass the illustrations.
Also contains chromolithographs and the illustrated title page from Henry Harbaugh's "Birds of the Bible" (1854) and many tinted lithographs printed by Ackerman from "Reports of Explorations and surveys,...for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean (1855-1861); several photographic reproductions of original paintings showing genre views, landscapes, and marinescapes, including the work of J. S. Fenimore; George C. Lambdin; Edward and Thomas Moran, W. T. Richards, Samuel Sartain, Christian Schussele, N. H. Trotter, and S. B. Waugh; and photographs of a paddle boat near the Fairmount Water Works and views of the Wissahickon. Some pages also include embossed and color vignettes of birds, flower vases, and flowers. Other lithographs and chromolithographs depict sentimental and religious views, including a baby "hatching" from a flower and the T. Sinclair religious tableauxes "Pontius Pilatus" and "Manoah’s Sacrifice".
Notes Probably compiled by Mrs. H. Godley.
Title from stamp on the leather spine.
Inserts: Envelope inscribed "Mrs. H. Godley, 1725 Vine St." and engraved portraits of "Robert Moffat" and "Girl in a Florentine Costume of A.D. 1500." "Girl" print includes amateur pencil alterations.
Various artists, engravers, lithographers, and printers including Ackerman; W. Allan; T. Allom; W. H. Bartlett; W. Bennett; J. Burnet; J. G. Chapman; A. L. Dick; T. Doney; Durand & Co.; J. B. Forrest; A. W. Graham; Charles Heath; J. R. Herbert; J. B. Longacre; W. S. Mount; J. Neale; E. T. Parris; Nicolas Poussin: Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Smillie; Rice & Buttre; H. S. Sadd; John Sartain; Eliza Sharp; Thomas Sinclair; and Benjamin Franklin Waitt.
Various publishers, including American Sunday-School Union; Henry F. Annears; L.A. Godey; and Hurst, Chance & Co.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Purchase 1986.
Subject Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Pictorial works.
Lind, Jenny, 1820-1887 -- Portraits.
Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)
African American farmers.
Animals.
Birds.
Children.
Entertainment.
Recreation.
Religion.
Romances.
African American laborers.
Geographic subject Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Genre Albums -- 1830-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1830-1870.
Allegorical prints -- 1830-1870.
Book illustrations -- 1830-1870.
Chromolithographs -- 1830-1870.
Embossed works -- 1830-1870.
Genre prints -- 1830-1870.
Engravings -- 1830-1870.
Landscape prints -- 1830-1870.
Lithographs -- 1830-1870.
Mezzotints -- 1830-1870.
Periodical illustrations -- 1830-1870.
Portrait prints -- 1830-1870.
Reproductions -- 1830-1870.
Vignettes -- 1830-1870.
Printer American Sunday-School Union, publisher.
Annears, Henry F., publisher.
Godey, Louis Antoine, 1804-1878, publisher.
Hurst, Chance and Co., publisher.
Provenance Godley, H., Mrs., associated name.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums [P.9152]
Accession number P.9152
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