Details
Creator Scherzer, Adolph, composer.
Contributor Kramer, Peter, 1823-1907, artist.
Sinclair, Thomas, b. ca. 1805-1881, printer.
Wittig, Rudolph, publisher.
Vogt, Gustave, 1781-1870, copyright holder.
Title City Museum polka / Composed for the piano forte and dedicated to his diligent pupil Miss Louisa Osheimer by Adolph Scherzer
Publisher Philadelphia : R. Wittig no. 148 Arch St. piano ware rooms
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1854
Date c1854
Physical Description 7 p.: ill.; 34 cm.
Is referenced by Wainwright 73
Levy, Picture the Songs p. 118
Notes Copyrighted by G. Vogt.
Cover illustration is a lithograph showing a view of the fancifully adorned City Museum originally built as a church in 1823 at 415-417 Callowhill Street. Several individuals, including families, gentlemen, and a b'hoy enter, process, and stand in front of the building. Lamps line the street and a few men are visible on the balcony. Building includes a series of painted billboards across the roof designed as a frieze. Billboards depict animal scenes including a ram, donkey, and a goat; a jungle scene with a giraffe, snake, and a man riding an elephant; a mother tiger with her cubs; and a lion tamer with his big cat. The roof piece also contains two model alligators entwined by snakes, architectural embellishments, and flags. The museum opened in 1854 and housed natural history, science and portrait exhibits on the lower floor and a theatre on the upper floor. Museum burned in 1868.
Artist: P. Kramer; Printer: T. Sinclair's Lith.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 136
Wainwright retrospective project, edited.
LCP AR [Annual Report] 1986, p. 47-48.
Subject City Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Museums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Billboards -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Callowhill Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 415-417.
Illustrator Kramer, Peter, 1823-1907, artist.
Printer Sinclair, Thomas, b. ca. 1805-1881, printer.
Wittig, Rudolph, publisher.
Vogt, Gustave, 1781-1870, copyright holder.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts| Rare| #Sheet Music Cit P.9166.2
Accession number P.9166.2