Jump to navigation
Main menu
LCP Home
Search
Search Library Catalog
Search Digital Collections
How to Search the Collections
Access Terms Used in Our Catalogs
Finding Aids
Explore
Browse Collections
LCP News
Social Media
Exhibitions
Podcast
Academic Programs
Overview
Fellowships
Innovation Award
Biennial First Book Award
Seminars
Program in African American History
Program in Early American Economy and Society
The Davida T. Deutsch Program in Women’s History
Visual Culture Program
Research
Overview
Subject Guides
Finding Aids
Online Exhibitions
Bookbinding Research
Using the Library
Overview
Hours, Access, & Location
Rights & Reproductions
How to Search Collections
Potentially Harmful Materials and Descriptions Statement
Online Resources
Events
Upcoming Events
Seminars
LCP News
LCP Press Resources
Projects
Beyond Glass Cases
Library Company Papers Project
Hearing Voices
Imperfect History
Fireside Chats
Support the Library
Overview
Donate Online!
Join & Renew Membership Online
Support: Shareholding
Lecture in Honor of John C. Van Horne
Membership Benefits
Planned Giving
Annual Dinner
Junto
About LCP
Annual Reports
Staff
Board of Trustees
Employment
Affiliations
LCP Blog
Press Resources
LCP Privacy Policy
Overview and History
LCP FAQ Sheet
Landing of William Penn. [graphic] / C. Schuessele.
You are here
Browse Collections
›
Philadelphia on Stone
›
Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Back to top
Details
Creator
Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879, artist.
Contributor
Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 5-1886, printer.
Title
Landing of William Penn. [graphic] / C. Schuessele.
Publisher
Philadelphia: Chromolith of P. S. Duval
Date
[ca. 1850]
Physical Description
1 print: chomolithograph; 16 x 23 cm.(6.25 x 9.25 in.)
Description
Sentimental scene showing the landing of William Penn at Philadelphia in 1682. Depicts a crowd of several people, including early Pennsylvania colonists and Delaware Indians, surrounding and greeting Penn who is flanked by his entourage. Colonists, predominately men, include an elderly man and a boy. Also shows the sails of Penn's docked ship, a building, and the Delaware River in the background. Penn arrived in Philadelphia at a basin off of Dock Creek via a barge upriver from Chester, Pa. where he had moored his ship "Welcome."
Notes
Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 429
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 18 S 385
Subject
Penn, William, 1644-1718 -- Travel.
Arrivals & departures -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Delaware Indians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1840-1850.
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Ba 18 S 385
In Collections
Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Historical Society of Pennsylvania Collections
Log In