Details
Creator Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist.
Contributor Dreer, Ferdinand J. 1812-1902, former owner.
Title Sweet Brier, Fillmyre's Beer Garden, remodeled 1870, 1867. [graphic] / B. R. Evans.
Publisher Philadelphia
Date ca. 1880
Physical Description 1 drawing : watercolor ; 25 x 32 cm. (10 x 12.5 in.)
Description Depicts Sweet Briar mansion in Fairmount Park built in 1797 for Philadelphia merchant and politician Samuel Breck in West Fairmount Park. Location of Fillmyre's Beer Garden in 1866 before it was incorporated into the park in 1869 and remodeled in 1870 for use as a children's restaurant.
Notes Remodeled 1870.
Subject Dwellings -- Sweet Briar.
Taverns (Inns)
Genre Watercolors -- 1870-1880.
Provenance: Dreer, Ferdinand J. (Ferdinand Julius), 1812-1902, former owner.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Evans watercolors [P.2298.47]
Accession number P.2298.47