Fred'k Graeff's monument at Fairmount
Bartlett & French
photographer
Cremer, James
1821-1893
distributor
McAllister, John A. (John Allister)
1822-1896
collector
Cannon, Hugh
sculptor
still image
Graphic
Stereographs -- 1860-1870
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870
pau
Philadelphia
PA. Philadelphia
ca. 1868
1868
monographic
eng
2 photographic prints: albumen on stereograph mounts; 9 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.)
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.
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.
Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1868.
Graff, Frederick
1774-1847
Monuments
Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Diana (Roman deity)
Statues
Walkways
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Snow
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
(3)1322.F.106b
P.9212.17
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department
stereo -Bartlett & French - Monuments & statues [(3)1322.F.106b; P.9212.17]]
Philadelphia and vicinity
No. 131
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