Details
Creator Whitefield, Edwin, 1816-1892, artist.
Title Fountain Park near Philadelphia. Residence of A. McMakin Esq. [graphic] / from nature by E. Whitefield.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1850
Date [ca. 1850]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone; 16 x 24 cm.(6.5 x 9.25 in.)
Description View showing the estate of the Philadelphia newspaper proprietor, Andrew McMakin, that was located south of Laurel Hill on the Ridge Turnpike at East Falls. Trees partially obscure the main residence that is flanked by outbuildings that were used as an ice-house, bath-house and hot-house. A fountain adorns the lawn on which two deer graze. In the foreground, two men travel on horseback and a third walks with a cane. They pass on the dirt road in front of the stone wall surrounding the property. The estate was originally built for Governor Thomas Mifflin in the 18th century and was later acquired by Fairmount Park. The residence was removed.
Is referenced by Wainwright 135
Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 156
Notes Title from label pasted on verso.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 269
Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 21:94
Gift of Mrs. S. Marguerite Brenner.
Subject McMakin, Andrew -- Homes and haunts.
Estates -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fountain Park (Philadelphia, Pa. : Estate)
East Falls (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Ridge Turnpike (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W135 [P.9057.2]
Accession number P.9057.2