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The coal-cart. [graphic] / Designed & lithograph'd at A. Kollner's lithy. Phila. ; H. Camp's lith'c. press's.
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Creator
Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813.
Contributor
Camp, John Henry, 1822-1881, printer.
American Sunday-School Union, publisher.
Title
The coal-cart. [graphic] / Designed & lithograph'd at A. Kollner's lithy. Phila. ; H. Camp's lith'c. press's.
Publisher
Philadelphia : Published by the American Sunday School Union, 146 Chestnut St
Date
[ca. 1853]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph ; 23 x 28 cm. (9 x 11 in.)
Description
Plate from children's moral instruction book showing a cart-man standing, with his arms crossed, in front of a horse-drawn cart in the cobblestone street. A basket hangs upside-down from the handle of a shovel in the cart. A small home is visible in the background.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 371
Notes
Published in Common sights in town & country. Delineated & described for young children (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, No. 146 Chestnut Street, [ca. 1853]).
Accompanied by text titled "The coal-cart" moralizing that the "driver of a coal-cart has his duties to perform, and they are not the less important in their place, than the duties of a judge or governor." Praises those who fear God and keep their commandments and are "not given to strong drink".
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 144
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8342.12
Atwater Kent Museum: 46.57.1.5
Subject
Children -- Conduct of life.
Arts in Christian education.
Coal trade.
Work ethic -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Temperance -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Genre prints -- 1850-1860.
Book illustrations -- 1850-1860.
Printer
American Sunday-School Union, publisher.
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bd 61 K 8342.12
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