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Billiards. J. Jeater's subscription room. No. 40, South 5th Street. [graphic].
Persistent link:
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Contributor
Childs, Cephas Grier, 1793-1871, printer.
Title
Billiards. J. Jeater's subscription room. No. 40, South 5th Street. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia: Lithd. by C. G. Childs
Date
[1830]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph; 30 x 27 cm.(11.75 x 10.5 in.)
Description
Advertisement showing the interior of the billiard hall operated by probably Joseph Jeater. At the corner of the table, a gentleman in shirt-sleeves lines up his cue stick to the billiard ball as his opponent watches on. Four gentlemen, two just arrived, watch the match. One stands and another sits beneath three framed pictures hanging on the wall. A gas lamp chandelier hangs over the billiard table.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 27
Notes
Title and publication information supplied by Wainwright.
Inscribed on verso: Presented by Mrs. John C. Broome. Oct. 10, 1918.
Artist possibly E. W. Clay.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 40
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 04 C 436
Trimmed.
Subject
Billiard parlors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Billiards -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1820-1830.
Advertisements -- 1830-1840.
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bb 04 C 436
In Collections
Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Historical Society of Pennsylvania Collections
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