Details
Creator Aubrun, Louis, artist.
Contributor Hunter, Thomas, printer.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title [Views of Centennial Exhibition buildings] [graphic] / L. Aubrun.
Publisher Philadelphia : Thos. Hunter, lith
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1876
Date [ca. 1876]
Physical Description 8 prints; lithograph, tinted with two stones; 20 x 29 cm.(7.75 x 11.5 in.)
Description Series of views, possibly issued as loose souvenir prints, of prominent buildings at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. Buildings include the Art Gallery; Main Building; Horticultural Hall; Machinery Hall; Agricultural Hall; U.S. Government Building; Women's Pavilion; and Judge's Hall. Views include heavy pedestrian traffic as well as visitors traveling the grounds by carriage. The Centennial celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art.
Notes Title supplied by cataloguer.
Variants of plates issued as Centennial Portfolio. 1st Series. Eight Views of Centennial Buildings ([Philadelphia]: Published by Thos. Hunter, No. 716 Filbert Street, [1876]). Also issued as Thompson Westcott's Centennial Portfolio. Thomas Hunter published several variant views, including folio-size prints commissioned in 1874 by the Centennial Board of Finance, of the Centennial Buildings after the official plans of the structures.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Centennial and Columbian Exposition views.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 810a-h. POS 810a: Agricultural Hall. POS 810b:Art Gallery. POS 810c: Horticultural Hall. POS 810d: Judges Hall. POS 810e: Machinery Hall. POS 810f: Main Building. POS 810g: U.S. Government Building. POS 810h: Womens Pavilion.
Subject Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1870-1880.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| BW - Centennial [5758.F.25c&d; 26e&f; 27c&d; 28b&c]
Accession number 5758.F.25c
5758.F.25d
5758.F.26e
5758.F.26f
5758.F.27c
5758.F.27d
5758.F.28b
5758.F.28c