| Creator |
Kennedy, David J., artist. |
| Contributor |
T. Sinclair & Son, printer. |
| Title |
Lemon Hill Mansion [graphic] / D.J. Kennedy del. 1871. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia: T. Sinclair & Son |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1871 |
| Date |
[ca. 1871] |
| Physical Description |
4 prints (1 sheet): chromolithograph; 35 x 54 cm. (13.75 x 21.75 in.) |
| Description |
Proof print containing four duplicate views showing the former mansion of businessman Henry Pratt built 1799-1800 in East
Fairmount Park. Includes visitors walking on the grounds populated by trees with autumnal colored foliage. Lemon Hill, purchased
by the city of Philadelphia in 1844, was the first Fairmount mansion obtained by the city to establish a public park, i.e.,
Fairmount Park. The residence was used as a lager beer garden following the establishment of the park in 1855.
|
| Notes |
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
|
Philadelphia on Stone |
|
POS 434 |
|
One of the prints gift of S. Robert Teitelman. [P.2007.23.9] |
| Subject |
Pratt, Henry, 1761-1838 -- Homes and haunts. |
| Geographic subject |
Lemon Hill (Philadelphia, Pa. : Estate) |
|
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- East. |
| Genre |
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880. |
|
Proofs -- 1870-1880. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *BW - Residences [P.2283.28; P.2007.23.9] |
| Accession number |
P.2283.28 |
|
P.2283.28 detail |
|
P.2007.23.9 |
