| Creator |
Weaver, Matthias S., 1815 or 16-1847, artist. |
| Contributor |
Sinclair, Thomas S., ca. 1805-1881, printer. |
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Atlantic Barge Club of Philadelphia, dedicatee. |
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Trautwine, John C. 1810-1883, engineer. |
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Poulson, Charles A., 1789-1866, collector. |
| Title |
[Schuylkill Boat Song sheet music cover illustration] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia: Sinclair Lithr |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1842 |
| Date |
[ca. 1842] |
| Physical Description |
1 print: lithograph; oval 30 x 23 cm. (12 x 9 in.) |
| Description |
View showing two sculling barges on the Schuylkill River near Peter's Island and the Columbia Railroad Bridge. The barges
contain crews of eight and a coxswain. A boat house lines the shore of the island and a train is seen exiting the bridge.
The Columbia Railroad Bridge, one of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, was completed in 1834 after the designs
of John C. Trautwine for the Reading Railroad Company. The bridge spanned over the Schuylkill River below Belmont Mansion
in Fairmount Park.
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| Is referenced by |
Wainwright 331 |
| Notes |
Name of artist attributed by Wainwright. |
|
Title supplied by cataloguer |
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Poulson inscription on recto: Peter's Island R.R. Bridge. |
|
Illustration from sheet music cover: Schuylkill Boat Song, Poetry by Thomas Dunn English M.D. Music composed and dedicated
to the Atlantic Barge Club by P. Blanchor. (Philadelphia: Osbourne's Music Saloon, 30, South Fourth Street, ca. 1842). [Sheet
Music Collection 9913.F]
|
|
Philadelphia on Stone |
|
POS 682 |
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Trimmed sheet music cover. LCP Print Department copy image only. |
|
Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2165 and Sheet Music Collection 9913.F |
|
Atwater Kent Museum: 49.29.1 with music. |
|
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited. |
| Subject |
Reading Company. |
|
Rowing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Boathouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Railroad bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill River. |
| Geographic subject |
Columbia Railroad Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Schuylkill River (Pa.) |
|
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- 1840-1850. |
|
Sheet music covers -- 1840-1850. |
| Associated name |
Trautwine, John C. (John Cresson), 1810-1883, engineer. |
| Provenance |
Poulson, Charles A., (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W331 [P.2165] |
|
Library Company of Philadelphia| RARE BOOK| sheet music collection [9913.F] |
| Accession number |
P.2165 |
|
9913.F |
