Details
Creator Aubrun, Louis, artist.
Contributor Hunter, Thomas, printer.
Schwarzmann, Hermann J., 1846-1891, architect.
Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia, distributor.
United States. Centennial Board of Finance, copyright holder.
Title Art Gallery, Centennial International Exhibition. 1876. Fairmount Park Philadelphia. [graphic] : Compliments of the Franklin Fire Insurance Company.
Publisher Philadelphia: Published by Thos. Hunter, 716 Filbert Street
Date c1874
Physical Description 1 print; lithograph, tinted with two stones; 48 x 60 cm.(18.85 x 20.5 in.)
Description Bird's eye view of the exhibition building, the Art Gallery or Memorial Hall, designed by Herman Schwartzmann. View includes heavy visitor traffic by foot and carriage in the foreground. Couples stroll the grounds, enter the hall, converse, and are transported by carriage. Also shows a fountain in the right of the image. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art.
Is referenced by Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia
Notes Copyrighted by the Centennial Board of Finance.
Probably by Louis Aubrun.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 25
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1870-1880.
Associated name Schwarzmann, Hermann J., 1846-1891, architect.
Printer Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia, distributor.
United States. Centennial Board of Finance, copyright holder.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **BW - Centennial [5225.F.4]
Accession number 5225.F.4 Centennial