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Athenaeum. [graphic] / John Notman, archt.; on stone by P.A. Nicholson.
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A65214
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Creator
Nicholson, Peter A., artist.
Contributor
Sinclair, Thomas S., ca. 1805-1881, printer.
Title
Athenaeum. [graphic] / John Notman, archt.; on stone by P.A. Nicholson.
Publisher
Philadelphia: Lith of T. Sinclair
Date
1847
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone; 11 x 19 cm. (4.25 x 7.25 in.)
Description
View looking southwest showing the Italianate-style library building built 1845-1847 after the designs of John Notman at 219-221 South Sixth Street. Includes the adjoining building. Also shows trees behind a brick wall in the background. The Athenaeum was founded in 1814 to collect materials "connected with the history and antiquities of America, and the useful arts, and generally to disseminate useful knowledge" for the public benefit.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 21
See PMA, Philadelphia: Three Centuries of American Art 276
Notes
Frontispiece to the Thirty-Second annual report of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Clark, 1847) and Address delivered at the opening of the new hall of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia on Monday, October 18th, 1847, by Thomas I. Wharton, Esq. (Philadelphia: J.C. Clark, printer, 1847).
After an 1845 wash drawing by John Notman in the collections of the Athenaeum, Philadelphia, Pa.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 30
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2014 and in Am 1847 Phi Ath 51463.0.2 (tinted) and in Am 1847 Wha 53378.O.16 (untinted). Both pamphlets are also included in Am 1845 Mick 71148.O (with variations in tinting).
Subject
Athenaeum of Philadelphia.
Athenaeums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Sixth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 219-221.
Genre
Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1840-1850.
Frontispieces -- 1840-1850.
Associated name
Notman, John, 1810-1865 architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W21 [P.2014]
Accession number
P.2014
In Collections
Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Philadelphia on Stone: Library Company of Philadelphia
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