Details
Creator Bufford, John Henry, 1810-1870, artist.
Contributor Nunn, John F., publisher.
Title Fairmount from the first landing [graphic] : The Fairmount Quadrilles, selected & arranged for the piano forte, and respectfully dedicated to Miss Agnes Franciscus (of Baltimore) by John H. Hewitt.
Publisher Philadelphia: Published by John F. Nunns, 70 South 3rd St
Date c1836
Physical Description 2 prints: lithograph; 34 x 25 cm.(13.25 x 9.25 in.)
Description Sheet music cover containing a view of Fairmount looking south from Reservoir Hill at Fairmount Water Works. Includes a partial view of the Engine House, the landscaped South Garden with fountain, the Upper Ferry Bridge over the Schuylkill River, and Harding's Hotel, the popular resort on the west bank. Also show several park visitors ascending the hill and walking the grounds. The waterworks were originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Frederick Graff. The gardens were completed in 1835.
Is referenced by Wainwright 121
Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 106
Notes Attributed to John Bufford.
Ba 888 Z 99 includes the sheet music.
Inscribed on recto of Ba 888 Z 99 c. 2 [Ba 81 F 166]: Looking toward Upper Ferry Bridge.
Printed on recto: Price 50 Cts.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 231
Library Company of Philadelphia: Sheet Music Collection [9914.F]
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 888 Z 99
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 888 Z 99 c. 2 [Ba 81 F 166]
Subject Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Sheet music covers -- 1830-1840.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Ba 888 Z 99
Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Ba 888 Z 99 c. 2 [Ba 81 F 166]