Details
Creator H.J. Toudy & Co. lithographer.
Contributor Brotherhead, William designer.
Title Pennsylvania, 1776-1876, City of Philadelphia. [graphic] / Designed by W. Brotherhead.
Publisher Philadelphia: H.J. Toudy & Co. steam lith
Date [1872]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, hand-colored; 46 x 30 cm. (18 x 11.75 in.)
Description View looking west of the Delaware River and the city of Philadelphia from the Camden, New Jersey ferry terminal. Many people are gathered at the ferry terminal and the river is filled with steamboats and sailing ships. This scene is placed within the borders of a shield. Below the shield is Pennsylvania's state seal flanked by scenes of Pennsylvania's industries including railroads, oil, and agricultural.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Image was originally published in William Broadhead's The Centennial Book of Signers (Phila: J.M. Stoddard, 1872) page 219.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 556
Biographical / historical note In 1872 H.J. Toudy & Co. (Henry J. Toudy, George W. Ward, and William C. Berillat) were listed as practical lithographers and printers at 529 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia.
Subject Waterfront -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Pictorial works -- 19th century.
Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
Genre Lithographs -- 1870-1880.
Cityscape prints -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *BW-Views-Philadelphia [P.9639]
Accession number P.9639