Details
Creator Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist.
Contributor Kennedy & Lucas, printer.
Holden, Thomas, publisher.
Title The early settlement & progress of Philadelphia & Pennsylvania. [graphic] : Philadelphia T. Holden Chesnut St. 1833.
Publisher Philadelphia : [Kennedy & Lucas]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1833
Date [1833]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; 17 x 10.5 cm. (6.75 x 4.25 in.)
Description Small vignette on the added title page depicting the site of the Treaty Tree, the legendary location of William Penn's treaty with the Delaware Indians in 1682. Shows boats and figures near the river. The Treaty Tree or Great Elm Tree blew down in 1810.
Notes Added title page in John F. Watson's Historic tales of olden time : concerning the early settlement and progress of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania ; for the use of families and schools ; illustrated with plates (Philadelphia : E. Littell : Thomas Holden, 1833).
William L. Breton and Kennedy & Lucas created many of the lithographic plates for Watson's Annals of Philadelphia, so it is probable that they also created the plates in Historic tales of olden time.
Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 197
Subject Treaty Tree (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Penn's treaty with the Indians, 1682.
Harbors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Rivers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Piers & wharves -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
Kensington (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Book illustrations -- 1830-1840.
Printer Holden, Thomas, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Am 1833 Wat [Log 2794.D.title page]
Accession number Log 2794.D.title page