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Franklin Iron Works. Sutton & Smith's iron foundry, Franklin Street between Second and Front Streets, Philadelphia [graphic] / W. H. Rease.
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Creator
Rease, W. H., artist.
Contributor
Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Title
Franklin Iron Works. Sutton & Smith's iron foundry, Franklin Street between Second and Front Streets, Philadelphia [graphic] / W. H. Rease.
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1847
Date
[August 1847]
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph; 22 x 39 cm. (8.5 x 15.5 in.)
Description
Advertisement for the iron foundry established at the 100 block of Franklin Street in 1841. Shows an exterior view of the foundry complex adorned with the sign "Sutton & Smith's Iron Foundry." Cylinders, shafts, and wheels lay on the sidewalk in front of the buildings comprising the complex in which laborers work. Smoke rises from smokestacks adorning all the buildings that are adjoined by fencing to courtyards. Workers attend one of two horse-drawn drays on the sidewalk; are visible carrying a pipe in the first-floor entryway of a three-story building; sit and shake hands on a large cylinder; and are visible in other parts of the complex. Sutton and Smith joined in partnership circa 1843.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 139
Notes
Date from Poulson inscription in ink on recto: Franklin St. bet. 2nd & Front St. Aug. 1847.
Wainwright suggests date of circa 1860.
Poulson inscription in pencil on recto: J.T. Sutton & Co.
Artist's signature lower left corner of stone.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 277
Trimmed.
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Subject
Franklin Iron Works.
J. T. Sutton & Co.
Iron foundries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Franklin Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 100 block.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Advertisements -- 1840-1850.
Provenance
Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *W139 [P.2046]
Accession number
*P.2046
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Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Philadelphia on Stone: Library Company of Philadelphia
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