Creator |
Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist. |
Contributor |
Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, printer. |
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Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
Title |
Fairmount. [graphic] / On stone by J.C. Wild. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia : [J.T. Bowen] |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1838 |
Date |
c1838 |
Physical Description |
1 print : lithograph ; 25 x 34 cm. (10.25 x 13.5 in.) |
Description |
Landscape view looking west from Reservoir Hill showing the Fairmount Water Works originally built between 1812 and 1822 after
the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. Includes the engine house, mill house, and race bridge. Also shows visitors
strolling the landscaped grounds of the works; scullers on the river; residences, including probably Lemon Hill, along the
bucolic banks of the Schuylkill River; the Schuylkill Canal lock; and the river dam.
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Is referenced by |
Wainwright 120.3 |
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Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 119 |
Notes |
Copyrighted by J. T. Bowen. |
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Originally published as plate 1 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier,
Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in
1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring.
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Philadelphia on Stone |
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POS 225.3 |
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Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited. |
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Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush) |
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 862 W 6441. |
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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 |
Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Schuylkill River (Pa.) |
Genre |
Lithographs -- 1830-1840. |
Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W120.3 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q.1 (Rush)] |
Accession number |
3008.Q (Rush) |