Details
Creator Moras, Ferdinand, 1821-1908, artist.
Contributor Chillas, David, printer.
Title Testimonial awarded by the Philadelphia Relief Committee [graphic] / F. Moras.
Publisher Philadelphia: D. Chillas Lith. 50 S. 3rd St. Phila
Date [1855]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, gilted, tinted with one stone; 59 x 43 cm. (23 x 17 in.)
Description Certificate issued by the committee formed to provide relief for victims of the yellow fever epidemic in Portsmouth and Norfolk, Va. in 1855. Contains a central bird's eye view of the the two adjacent towns over which the figure of death flies. Vignettes and pictorial details depicting allegorical female figures, a barren tree, and a sepulchral monument surround the view. Also contains a religious scene representing Matthew 25, 36; "I was sick and ye visited me."
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 248
Library of Congress: DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Testimonial
Subject Philadelphia Relief Committee.
Geographic subject Norfolk (Va.) -- Pictorial works.
Portsmouth (Va.) -- Pictorial works.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1850-1860
Certificates -- 1850-1860
Location Library of Congress| Prints and Photographs Division | LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Testimonial