Details
Creator Kramm, Gustavus, artist.
Contributor Lehman & Duval, printer.
Title Stephen P. Morris & Co. Manufacturers of wrought iron welded tubes for gas and other purposes Philadelphia. [graphic] / G. Kramm del.
Publisher [Philadelphia] : Lehman & Duval Lithrs
Date [ca. 1835]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; 28 x 22 cm. (11 x 9 in.)
Description Illustrated advertisement and price sheet for wrought iron pipes. Nineteen figures with numbers corresponding to the list below illustrate the available "tubes," including various bends, a "reducing socket," T and cross branches, and a burner jet. Also contains a vignette depicting the seal of Pennsylania featuring two horses and an eagle flanking a shield. Morris, Tasker, and Morris was founded by Stephen Morris in 1821 as a stove and grate manufactory. In the late 1820’s, Henry Morris and Thomas Tasker joined the firm which was renamed S.P. Morris & Co. Circa 1836 the firm was renamed Morris, Tasker, & Morris when Wistar Morris assumed the position of Stephen and the firm began to manufacture gas pipes. In 1856, the firm was renamed Morris, Tasker & Co. The factory closed in 1896.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Manuscript note on recto: 4th mo. 1st, 1838.
Title annotated in ink: Now Morris, Tasker & Morris.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 243
American Antiquarian Society: Graphic Arts Lithf LehmD KramG Morr
Subject Stephen P. Morris & Co.
Morris, Tasker & Morris.
Iron foundaries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hardware -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Iron pipe -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Advertisements -- 1830-1840.
Price lists -- 1830-1840.
Location American Antiquarian Society | AAS Graphic Arts Lithf LehmD KramG Morr