Details
Creator Rease, W. H., artist.
Contributor Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Title Robert Wood's steam iron railing works, Ridge Road above Buttonwood St, Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone by W. H. Rease, 17 Sth. 5th. St.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1847
Date [April 1847]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; 60 x 45 cm. (23.75 x 18 in.)
Description Advertisement showing Robert Wood's long and narrow, four-story steam iron railing works on the 1100 block of Ridge Road. Signboards on the facade advertise "Wood's steam iron railing manufactory all kinds of ornamental & architectural iron work made to order," and "manufacturer of iron railings for cemeteries." Laborers are visible through the open windows and doors on all levels of the factory. Two men carry an iron piece into the ground level of the building, near a display of ornamental iron sculptures, that includes a large lyre. A laborer loads iron railings onto a horse-drawn cart near the entrance. Another man pulls iron bars from a dray and piles them into the open cellar door. Also shows a gentleman starting to exit from the rear of a crowded Girard College & Exchange line omnibus traveling north on Ridge Road, and children playing near a dog on a makeshift seesaw in the empty adjoining lot. Image is surrounded by a border of iron work models, and contains pictorial details of stairs with ornate iron railings.
Is referenced by Wainwright 318
Notes Date from Poulson inscription on recto: April 1847.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 656
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Subject Wood, Robert.
Iron-works -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Architectural decorations & ornaments -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Ridge Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1100 block.
Genre Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Advertisements -- 1840-1850.
Provenance Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **W318 [P.2254]
Accession number P.2254