Details
Title [Ruins of Landsdowne, the estate of the late Wm. Bingham Esqr. Pennsylvania] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Date [ca. 1855]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone; 23 x 30 cm.(9 x 11.75 in.)
Description View showing the ruins of the mansion on the estate west of the Schuylkill River (West Fairmount Park) purchased by legislator William Bingham in 1797. Debris rests on the steps of the shell of the residence. Trees surround the property. The mansion, originally built around 1773 for Pennsylvania governor John Penn, later served as the residence for Bingham's son-in-law Alexander Baring, i.e. Baron Lord Ashburton, in the early 19th century. The ruins were bought and ceded to the city in 1866 for inclusion in Fairmount Park.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Title from manuscript notes on recto: Ashburton Est. Old Landsdowne House destroyed by fire July 4, 1854 burned by fireworks.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 665
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 16 L 291
Inscribed on verso: Gift of Thomas Wynne 9/13/[19]68
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Subject Bingham, William, 1752-1804 -- Homes and haunts.
Estates -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Lansdowne (Pa. : Estate)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1850-1860.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Ba 16 L 291
Accession number HSP Ba 16 L 291