Details
Title General view of Laurel Hill Cemetery. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1847
Date [ca. 1847]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 14 x 25 cm.(5.5 x 10 in.)
Description Bird's eye view showing part of the grounds of the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. In the foreground, horse-drawn carriages approach the main gate (visible in the left) of the cemetery that contains tombs, monuments, and a Gothic-style chapel.
Is referenced by Wainwright 148.2
Notes Frontispiece to Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia, Philadelphia (Philadelphia: For sale at the cemetery, and by the treasurer, 1847) and alter editions.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 294.2
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Library Company of Philadelphia: P.9830.7 and in Am 1847 Phi Lau 10497.D.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Subject Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Tombs & sepulchral monuments -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Chapels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Frontispieces -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W148.2 [P.9830.7]
Accession number P.9830.7