| Contributor |
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., former owner. |
|
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
| Title |
[Statue of Diana at Fairmount Water Works] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1860 |
| Date |
[ca. 1860] |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : albumen on paper mount ; mount 8 x 15 cm (3.25 x 6 in.) (stereograph format) |
| Description |
View showing the statue commissioned by the Water Commission and installed circa 1830-1831 at the foot of the inclined walkway
to Reservoir Hill at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Also shows two men, including an African American
man, seated on the ground behind the statue.
|
| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
|
Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitters. |
|
Trimmed blue mount with square corners. |
|
Manuscript note on accompanying label: Philadelphia Water Works. Statue of Diana at Fairmount. With respects of Henry P.M.
Birkinbine Chief Engineer.
|
|
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
|
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
|
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Diana (Roman deity) -- Statues. |
|
Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Schuylkill River (Pa.) |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860. |
|
Stereographs -- 1850-1860. |
| Provenance |
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., former owner. |
|
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.120(v)b] |
| Accession number |
(3)1322.F.120(v)b |
