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South view. Looking towards Navy Yard, Southwark and Moyamensing. [graphic] / [Drawn from nature by E. Whitefield]
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Creator
Whitefield, Edwin, 1816-1892, artist.
Contributor
W. Endicott & Co., printer.
Title
South view. Looking towards Navy Yard, Southwark and Moyamensing. [graphic] / [Drawn from nature by E. Whitefield]
Publisher
New York: Lith. [by] Wm. Endicott & Co
Publisher
NY. New York. 1850
Date
[c1850]
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph, tinted and hand-colored, mounted on cardboard; 29 x 50 cm.(11.25 x 19.75 in.)
Description
Panoramic view looking toward the Delaware River showing cityscape in South Philadelphia. Includes residential buildings, storefronts, factories, warehouses, St. Peter's Church steeple, Sparks Shot tower, and the Navy Yard. Also shows trees in Independence Square in the foreground and maritime traffic on the river in the background.
Is part of
Panoramic views of Philadelphia from the State House
Is referenced by
Reps 3582
Notes
Series title, artist, and date information from complementary prints.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 544c
Trimmed.
Subject
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Spark's Shot Tower (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Geographic subject
Philadelphia, Pa. -- Pictorial works.
Moyamensing (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Southwark (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Lithographs -- Tinted -- Hand-colored -- 1840-1850.
Panoramic views -- 1840-1850.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *BW - Views [P.2121]
Accession number
P.2121
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Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Philadelphia on Stone: Library Company of Philadelphia
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