Details
Contributor Harrison & Weightman, printer.
Title Near a fire. Say! Just hold this while I fetch another section, will you. (Likely?) [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia: Pub. by Harrison & Weightman, 118 N. 10th St
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1858
Date c1858
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, hand-colored; 28 x 24 cm. (11.25 x 9.75 in.)
Description One of a series of satires mocking the ineptitude of Philadelphia volunteer firefighters. Shows a volunteer, in full uniform, offering a flowing fire hose to an unsuspecting gentleman on a street corner. The gentleman whose hands are occupied with a cigar and a cane looks aghast at the firefighter. A woman watches the scene from the window of her dwelling. Additional streetscape, including a storefront, is visible in the background.
Is part of The Fireman. No. 3
Notes Philadelphia on Stone.
POS 253c
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Harrison & Weightman was a partnership between Henry G. Harrison and William N. Weightman.
Variant of P.8970.13.
Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - The Fireman (Cartoons)
Subject Volunteer fire departments -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fire fighters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadephia.
Fire fighting equipment -- Pennsylvania -- Philadephia.
Stupidity.
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1850-1860.
Satires (Visual works) -- Hand-colored -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *BW - Fires and Firefighting [P.8970.12]
Accession number P.8970.12