Details
Creator Rease, W. H.
Title H. S. Tarr's marble yard, no. 274 Green St. above Seventh Philadelphia Pa. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia: Lith. by W. H. Rease N. E. cor. 4th & Chesnut
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1858
Date [ca. 1858]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone; 44 x 54 cm. (17.25 x 21.38 in.)
Description Advertisement showing a view of the marble yard fronted by a triple arch adorned with plaques, the adjoining three-story office building, and rear factory of the establishment at Green Street above 7th Street. From the sidewalk, decorated as black and white tile, a lady, holding a parasol, and a gentleman admire several ornate obelisks and monuments within the fenced, arched yard. Several of the pieces are adorned with patriotic details, urns, and statuary. Plaques on the arches include the name of the business in addition to text reading "Every Description of Monumental Works Executed" and "Plain & Carved Mantels of Every Description." Under the third arch and entrance to the yard, a clerk and patron talk near slabs of marble propped against the wall of the office building. Behind the men, a laborer hauls a large monument by a dolly into the factory yard. More monuments, including animal sculpture and statuary, are displayed in the fenced court, upper balcony, and Gothic-style windows of the adjacent office building. A female patron walks between the marble pieces down a pathway toward a clerk standing at the entrance. An American eagle sculpture adorns the arches and an American flag adorns the office. Tarr was one of the four major marble manufactories in the city during the mid nineteenth century.
Is referenced by Wainwright 166.1
Notes Names of "References" printed below the image including Thos. U. Walter, John E. Carver, Charles Le Brun, architects; Frederick Brown; Caleb, Cope & Co.; Levi & James Dickson; H.N. Burroughs; Cooper & Co. New Orleans, Louisiana; H.W. Peronneau Charleston, S.C.; and Rev. Henry A. Boardman, D.D., Phila.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 340.1
LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #83.
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Subject Tarr, Henry S.
Monument builders -- Pennnsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Marble industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Factories -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Tombs & sepulchral monuments -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Clerks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Merchandise displays -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Green Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 700 block.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1850-1860.
Advertisements -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **W166.1 [P.2073]
Accession number P.2073