Creator |
Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist. |
Contributor |
Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, printer. |
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Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, publisher. |
Title |
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. [graphic]. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia: Published by J.T. Bowen at his Lithographic & Print Colouring Establishment, 94, Walnut St |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1848 |
Date |
c1840, 1848 |
Physical Description |
1 print: lithograph, hand-colored; 13 x 18 cm. (5.25 x 7 in.) |
Description |
View showing the main gate of the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. A
man on horseback rides past the cemetery in which the Gothic-style funerary chapel is visible in the background. Countryside
and trees dominate the foreground.
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Is referenced by |
Wainwright 216.3 |
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Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 137 |
Notes |
Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen. |
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Originally published as plate 20 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier,
Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in
1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring.
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Philadelphia on Stone |
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POS 430.3 |
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Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited. |
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Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2090 and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F
and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q.
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania: |
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Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Cemeteries |
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia: General Prints Collection - PR299 |
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Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January
1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
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Subject |
Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Chapels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Ridge Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 3822. |
Genre |
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1840-1850. |
Printer |
Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, publisher. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W216.3 [P.2090] |
Accession number |
P.2090 |