| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
| Title |
Views of a cemetery [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia?] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1855 |
| Date |
[ca. 1855] |
| Physical Description |
2 prints: lithograph, tinted; 10 x 30 cm.(7.75 x 11.5 in.) |
| Description |
Shows funeral processions passing a man reclining on a hilltop adorned with mausoleums, possibly in Laurel Hill Cemetery,
and arriving at a plot enclosed by a circular fence at an unidentified cemetery. Views include a minister; an open grave;
grave diggers; mourners; horse-drawn carriages; and a distant view of a body of water. One view also contains an ornate border
including a crucifix, sepulchral monuments, and vaults. Vaults inscribed "Anderson"; "Sylancliff"; and "Holmes."
|
| Notes |
Not in Wainwright. |
|
Philadelphia on Stone |
|
POSP 264 |
|
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. |
| Subject |
Cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Funeral rites & ceremonies -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Tombs & sepulchral monuments -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Funeral processions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Clergy -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Gravediggers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1850-1860. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| BW - Cemeteries [(7)1322.F.458b; P.2277.27] |
| Accession number |
(7)1322.F.458b |
|
P.2277.27 |
