Details
Creator Deroy, Laurent, 1797-1886, artist.
Contributor Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813. artist.
Cattier, F. L., printer.
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer.
Goupil, Vibert & Co., publisher.
Title Fairmount Water-Works. [graphic] / Drawn from nature by Aug. Köllner; lith. by Deroy; printed by Cattier.
Publisher New York: Paris: Published by Goupil, Vibert & Co
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1848
Publisher FRANCE. Paris. 1848
Date [1848]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone; 23 x 32 cm. (9 x 12.75 in.)
Description Leisurely view 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, pavilion on the mound dam, and Reservoir Hill. Activity pervades the view. In the foreground, a man with a sketchbook walks down a path to the lush riverbank. He passes two young men, seated, in conversation, on the ground. Across from them, another young men, lounges by a rock, with his dog. In the river, a crowded paddle boat, followed by a rowboat of men, travels in the water. In the background, other sailing vessels are visible near the Wire Bridge at Fairmount. A horse-drawn carriage and foot traffic cross the bridge in front of distant cityscape. Also shows visitors milling about the water works.
Is referenced by See Deak 560
Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 165
Notes Plate 13 of series of fifty-four views published by Goupil, Vibert and Company from 1848 to 1851 that were drawn by Kollner and lithographed by Deroy, and later bound under the title "Views of American Cities."
Printed above title: 13.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 239
Trimmed to borders.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Suspension bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill River.
Leisure -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Vessels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1840-1850.
Associated name Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer.
Printer Goupil, Vibert & Co., publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| BW - Public Utilties [P.2283.17]
Accession number P.2283.17