Details
Creator Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790, artist.
Contributor Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 5-1886, printer.
Fisher & Brother, publisher.
Title Funeral Car, erected by Wm. H. Moore & Son (Undertakers, No. 181 Arch St. Pha.) Especially for the occasion of the funeral obsequies of the Late President of the United States, General Zachary Taylor, Philadelphia, July 30th, 1850. [graphic] / Taken on the spot & lithographed by A. Hoffy, no. 20 South 3d St. Pha.; P.S. Duval's steam lith press.
Publisher Philadelphia: Published for the proprietors by Fisher & Brother, no. 15 North 6th St
Date 1850
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 42 x 69 cm.(16.25 x 27 in.)
Description View showing the horse-drawn catalfaque drawn by eight white horses and led by eight grooms displayed during the mourning ceremonies arranged by Philadelphia city councils for the 12th president who died July 9, 1850. Black draping, fringes, and a canopy surmounted by an eagle figure adorn the car. Black covers are draped over the horses. The grooms wear black suits and hats. The hats are adorned with white bands that fall down the length of the men's backs. Also contains a simple border with filigree at the cornices. The July 30th funeral obsequies included a military parade, a civic procession, and a memorial sermon given by Rev. William Bacon Stevens at Christ Church.
Notes Artist's signature printed lower right on the stone.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 87
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850 -- Death and burial.
William H. Moore & Son.
Catafalques -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horse grooms -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Funeral rites & ceremonies -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Undertaking -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Printer Fisher & Brother, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **BW - Funeral rites [P.8970.17]
Accession number P.8970.17