Creator |
Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846 artist. |
Contributor |
Wild & Chevalier, printer. |
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Wild & Chevalier, publisher. |
Title |
Manayunk, near Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone by J. C. Wild. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia: Lith. of Wild & Chevalier, 72 Dock St |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1838 |
Date |
c1838 |
Physical Description |
1 print: lithograph; 14 x 18 cm. (5.25 x 7 in.) |
Description |
Landscape view showing the village of Manayunk along the east bank of the Schuylkill River, northwest of Philadelphia. Townscape
is visible in the right of the image, including Joseph Ripka’s cotton mills erected 1831 and 1835 near the depicted Flat Rock
Turnpike Bridge. Manayunk was incorporated into the city of Philadelphia in 1854.
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Is referenced by |
Wainwright 226.1 |
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Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadephia 135 |
Notes |
Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier. Print lacking copyright statement. |
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Issued as plate 18 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers,
72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound
volume of twenty views.
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Philadelphia on Stone |
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POS 455.1. Digital image shows third state of print. |
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Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited. |
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Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2093 and (1)1525.F.71d (hand-colored) and in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 6626.F and Print
Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson).
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 862 W644, pl 18. |
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Trimmed. |
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Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January
1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
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Subject |
Ripka, Joseph. |
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Textile industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Mills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill River. |
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Mills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Manayunk (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Pictorial works. |
Genre |
Lithographs -- 1830-1840. |
Printer |
Wild & Chevalier, publisher. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W226.1 [P.2093] |
Accession number |
W226-3 |
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P.2093 |