Details
Creator Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist.
Contributor P.S. Duval & Son, printer.
Title Buildings of the Great Central Fair, in aid of the U. S. Sanitary Commission Logan Square, Philadelphia, June 1864. [graphic] / Drawn from nature & on stone by James Queen; H.E. Wrigley, archt.
Publisher Philadelphia: Printed & lithogrd. by P. S. Duval & Son
Date 1864
Physical Description 1 print: chromolithograph; 42 x 73 cm. (16.5 x 28.75 in.)
Description Bird's-eye view of the exhibition grounds at Logan Square that was printed and for sale daily by P.S. Duval's establishment at the fair. Shows the square and surrounding cityscape from the northwest, including the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. Trees are visible beside the buildings and line the outside of the square where throngs of people walk the sidewalk and crowd the fair entrances. Horse-drawn vehicles, including carriages and omnibuses travel the streets and park along the grounds. Also shows deer and a turkey grazing in a pasture near the tented rotunda of the Horticultural Department. American flags labeled "U.S.S.C." adorn all of the buildings. Wrigley designed the majority of the fair buildings except for the central thoroughfare, which was designed by Strickland Kneass. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair of June 1864, displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the soldier relief organization, the U.S. Sanitary Commission.
Is referenced by Wainwright 35
Deak 789
Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 199
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POS 66
Gift of E. Perot Walker.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc8 D983.
Subject Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission (1864 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Exhibitions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspects.
Logan Square (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1860-1870.
Bird's-eye view prints -- 1860-1870.
Associated name Kneass, Strickland, 1821-1884, architect.
Associated name Wrigley, Henry E., architect.
Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister) 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **W35 [P.8695]
Accession number P.8695