Details
Creator Palmer, F. (Fanny), 1812-1876, artist.
Contributor Currier & Ives, publisher.
Title Fairmount Water Works. Philadelphia. [graphic] / F. F. Palmer, del.
Publisher New York: Pubd. by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St
Date [ca. 1865]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored ; 39 x 49 cm.(15.25 x 19.25 in.)
Description View looking south from the east bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Depicts the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860), stand pipe (built 1852), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. In the foreground, trees and bushes line the river bank and small boats sail near the Schuylkill Canal lock in which a barge travels. Also shows the Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount in the far right background. The waterworks were originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Frederick Graff.
Is referenced by Conningham 1813
Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 202
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POS 237
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 88 C 936
Biographical / historical note Palmer, was one of a few women lithographic artists, who also developed innovative coloring techniques as well as made improvements to the lithographic crayons used by the firm Currier & Ives. Palmer worked for Currier, and later the firm, from 1851 to 1876.
Subject Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1860-1870.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bc 88 C 936