Details
Creator Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist.
Contributor Kuhl, Frederick, printer.
Title View of the city of Philadelphia, and its principal buildings. [graphic] / Drawn from nature and engraved on stone by Augs. Koellner ; Fred. Kuhl's lithographic press, Philadelphia.
Publisher Philadelphia : Published and for sale by Fr. Kuhl, No. 120 South Second Street
Date 1842
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph, mounted on cardboard ; 41 x 56 cm. (16 x 22 in.)
Description Print containing a central panoramic view of Philadelphia surrounded by vignettes of prominent Philadelphia institutions. View looks west from Camden, New Jersey, showing islands and vessels in the Delaware River. Vignettes include the Almshouse, Fairmount, Girard College, Merchants' Exchange, Moyamensing Prison, Chestnut Street Theatre, U.S. Naval Asylum, State House, U.S. Mint, and the University of Pennsylvania. Most vignettes include small details like carriages, horses and pedestrians on foot.
Is referenced by Wainwright 425
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
Atwater Kent Museum: 40.14.19
Subject Almshouse and House of Employment (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Girard College.
Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Merchants' Exchange (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Moyamensing Prison (Philadelphia, Pa.)
United States Mint.
United States Naval Asylum (Philadelphia, Pa.)
University of Pennsylvania.
Almshouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
City & town halls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Merchants' exchanges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Mints -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Orphanages -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Prisons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Rest homes -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Theaters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Universities & colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
Camden (N.J.) -- Pictorial works.
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) -- Pictorial works.
Genre Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Cityscapes -- 1840-1850.
Panoramas -- 1840-1850.
Location Atwater Kent Museum| Print Department AKM| AKM 40.14.19