Details
Creator Wagner, T. S. (Thomas S.)
Title Thos. S. Wagner formerly Wagner & McGuigan lithographers Philadelphia. Franklin Place no. 38. Lithography in all its branches. [graphic] : Portraits, landscapes, illustrations, factories, stores &c. Printing in colors. Maps, charts, town lots, checks, labels, transferring of the finest steel & copper plates.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1859
Date [1859]
Physical Description 1 print: chromolithograph; 23 x 14 cm.(9.25 x 5.25 in.)
Description City directory advertisement containing an allegorical scene within an arch-shaped frame. Scene shows the figure of Liberty, attired in a liberty cap, and American flag cape, holding a sword and driving a three horse-team drawn chariot. She travels past a bust of George Washington displayed on a pedestal. In the background, a steam locomotive and steam boat are visible under rays of light emanating from the vista. Also shows an American eagle with an olive branch in its claws flying above Liberty and floral details adorning the bottom edge of the frame. Wagner operated a lithography studio solely 1858 until his death in 1863.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Published in McElroy's Philadelphia city directory for 1859... (Philadelphia: Edward C. & John Biddle. Printed by Henry B. Ashmead., 1859), frontispiece.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSA 104
Subject Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Statues.
Wagner, T. S. (Thomas S.)
Lithographers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Liberty.
Chariots.
Steamboats
Railroad locomotives.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1850-1860.
Advertisements -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts| Rare| Dir Phila 1859 (65) 10840.O.frontispiece
Accession number (65) 10840.O.frontispiece