| Creator |
Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist. |
| Contributor |
Kennedy & Lucas's Lithography, printer. |
| Title |
Philadelphia Citizen's Line of steam boats to New York & Baltimore. [graphic] / W. L. Breton, delt. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia: Kennedy & Lucas] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1831 |
| Date |
[1831] |
| Physical Description |
2 prints: lithograph; 9 x 15 cm. (3.5 x 6 in.) |
| Description |
Book illustration advertisement showing the busy "Philadelphia Citizens" steamboat wharf at Arch Street and the Delaware River.
Also shows the "Citizen's Line" office building (right foreground) adjacent to Jacob Ridgway's Ferry House and Hotel. Swarms
of people line the wharf and several walk on the sidewalks. Horse-drawn drays and a carriage line the street in front of the
office and hotel. Partial views of surrounding buildings are also visible. Vessels for New York, Baltimore, and Wilmington
left the wharf daily.
|
| Is referenced by |
Wainwright 283 |
| Notes |
Name of printer supplied by Wainwright. |
|
Published in James Mease and Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia from 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of its origin, increase
and improvements in arts, sciences, manufactures, commerce and revenue. (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110
Walnut Street, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 17 and in Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia 1811 to 1831: Giving an account
of the improvement of the city, during that period (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831),
vol. II, opposite page 21.
|
|
Philadelphia on Stone |
|
POS 577 |
|
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited. |
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Library Company of Philadelphia: P.9830.2 a&b and in Am 1831 Mease 68582.D and in Am 1831 Mease Log 4072.D and in Am 1831
Mease 20876.
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|
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: |
|
Loose prints gift of Jay Snider. |
| Subject |
Ridgway Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Steamboat lines -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Piers & wharves -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Arch Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 000 block. |
|
Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- 1830-1840. |
|
Book illustrations -- 1830-1840. |
|
Advertisements -- 1830-1840. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W283 [P.9830.2 a&b] |
| Accession number |
P.9830.2a |
|
P.9830.2b |
