Details
Creator Perry, Oscar P., composer.
Contributor Stevens, S.E., dedicatee
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Sinclair, Thomas, b. ca. 1832, printer.
Lee & Walker, publisher.
Title "The Continental" Schottisch. / Composed by O.P. Perry and respectfully dedicated to S.E. Stevens, esqe. Continental Hotel Philadelphia.
Publisher Philadelphia : Lee & Walker, 722 Chestnut Street
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1860
Date c1860
Physical Description 4 p.: ill.; 35 cm.
Is referenced by Wainwright 84
Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 195
Notes Printer: Lithograph by T. Sinclair.
Cover illustration is a chromolithograph, with hand-coloring including an ornate border containing American flags, vinery, and a vignette showing the Philadelphia coat of arms. Depicts the Continental Hotel, built 1857-1860 after designs by John McArthur, Jr., at the southeast corner of Ninth and Chestnut Streets. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, an omnibus, and couples on promenade.
Schottisch.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 159
Free Library of Philadelphia Music Department holds copy.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject Continental Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1850-1860.
Sheet music.
Illustrator Sinclair, Thomas, b. ca. 1832, printer.
Printer McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Printer Lee & Walker, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts| Rare| *Sheet Music Continental P.9303.3
Accession number P.9303.3