| Contributor |
Harnt, R. Wallace, former owner. |
| Title |
Reward of merit [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[United States] |
| Publisher |
UNITED STATES. 1850 |
| Date |
[ca. 1850] |
| Physical Description |
2 prints: hand-colored engraving; 7 x 14 cm. (2.5 x 5.5 in.) |
| Description |
Contains central vignette showing a steamboat departing a dock. People line the dock across from a passing train. |
| Notes |
One of prints [P.2011.10.152]: Presented to R. Wallace Harnt. By E. A. [Cord?]. |
|
Includes verse: Remember thy Creator. Child with the glad, glad heart. And joy shall be thy portion, When thou with life shall
part.
|
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
|
Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler. |
| Subject |
Steamboats. |
|
Railroads. |
| Genre |
Rewards of merit -- 1840-1850. |
|
Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1840-1850. |
| Provenance |
Harnt, R. Wallace, former owner. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Rewards of Merit [P.2011.10.152 & 153] |
| Accession number |
P.2011.10.152 |
|
P.2011.10.153 |
