Details
Contributor Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), printer.
Dugan, Augustine A., copyright holder.
Title A correct view of the City of Philadelphia on the Delaware River as it appeared on 25th of January 1852. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia: Lithy. Of L. Rosenthal, cor. Dock & 3rd Sts. Phila
Date c1852
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 47 x 69 cm.(18.5 x 27 in.)
Description Panoramic and bustling, winter view showing several men, women, and children, on the ice-covered river. In the center foreground, a small crowd gathers around a man reading a newspaper as around them, throngs of individuals traverse the frozen walkway, promenade as couples, make conversation, and fall, laugh, and grab one another as they slip on the ice. Several men skate, boys sled, dogs chase each other, and children frolic, including a pair retrieving a hat from a broken patch of ice. Others peddle refreshments from a table and flee from broken ice as ruffians engage in a fist fight. The cityscape of Philadelphia is visible in the background, including Christ Church and Independence Hall in addition to Spark's Shot Tower and Girard College. Also shows the frozen channel running through Windmill Island covered in barren trees in the far left of the image.
Is referenced by Wainwright 1
Notes Copyrighted by A.A. Dugan.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 165
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 72 R 815
Dugan was a Philadelphia engraver.
Subject Winter -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Ice skating -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Play (Recreation) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fighting -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) -- Pictorial works.
Genre Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Panoramic views -- 1850-1860.
Printer Dugan, Augustine A., copyright holder.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bc 72 R 815