Details
Creator Aubrun, Louis, artist.
Contributor Hunter, Thomas, printer.
Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect.
United States. Centennial Board of Finance, copyright holder.
Schwarzmann, Hermann J., 1846-1891, architect.
Wilson, Joseph M. 1838-1902, architect.
Title Centennial International Exhibition. 1876. Fairmount Park Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia: Published by Thos. Hunter, lith. 716 Filbert St
Date c1874
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with two stones; 78 x 59 cm.(30 x 23 in.)
Description Commemorative print containing views of the main buildings to be erected at the exhibition. Includes the Art Gallery, Main Building, Agricultural Hall, Machinery Hall, and Horticultural Hall. Views include heavy visitor traffic by foot, carriage, and omnibus in the foreground. Also contains the dimensions (length, width, and area in feet and acres) of the buildings in the lower left corner. Majority of the buildings were built after the designs of Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.
Is referenced by PMA, Philadelphia: Three Centuries of American Art 339
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Copyrighted by the Centennial Board of Finance.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 93
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 8 Ce 333
Hunter published several variant views, including folio-size prints commissioned in 1874 by the Centennial Board of Finance, of the Centennial Buildings after the official plans of the structures.
Variant held in Large Society Prints - Centennial. Printed in lower right corner: Compliments of E. Morris & Co., Manufacturers of Silk, Nett, and Cassimere Hats, No. 30 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia.
Subject Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1870-1880.
Commemorative prints -- 1870-1880.
Associated name Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect.
Associated name Schwarzmann, Hermann J., 1846-1891, architect.
Associated name Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller), 1838-1902, architect.
Printer United States. Centennial Board of Finance, copyright holder.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania| Print Department| HSP at LCP| HSP Bc 8 Ce 333