| Creator |
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886. |
| Contributor |
P.S. Duval & Co., printer. |
|
Drovin & Co., distributor. |
| Title |
Philadelphia. [graphic] / P.S. Duval & Co. lith, Phila. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia: Des. eng. & pub. by Jas. Queen |
| Date |
[ca. 1855] |
| Physical Description |
1 print: lithograph; 20 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.) |
| Description |
Print containing a montage of 14 vignettes (12 captioned) separated by borders of branches and garlands. Vignettes depict
the "Custom House," West Philadelphia stand pipe (Twenty-Fourth Ward Water Works), "Independence Hall," Spark's shot tower,
Merchants' "Exchange," "Insane Asylum," "Naval Asylum," "Pennsylvania "Hospital," "Philadelphia" near the Naval yard on the
Delaware River, "Alms House," "Fair Mount" at the water works, "Girard College," and Eastern State "Penitentiary." Vignettes
also include street, maritime, and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, wagons, and omnibuses; sail boats,
skiffs, and steam boats; and laborers with hand carts and individuals on horseback. Also contains pictorial details showing
an American eagle and shield, William Penn, and a Native American.
|
| Notes |
Distributor's imprint printed on recto: For Sale by Drovin & Co., 38 S. 3rd Phila. |
|
Not in Wainwright. |
|
Philadelphia on Stone |
|
POS 569.1 |
|
Drovin & Co. was a Philadelphia stationery business. |
|
Library of Congress: DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen - 93 prints (AA size) Philadelphia |
|
See proof DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen prints 23 (AA size) Philadelphia |
| Subject |
Blockley Almshouse (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Eastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Girard College (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Merchants' Exchange (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Twenty-Fourth Ward Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
United States Custom House (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
United States Naval Asylum (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Spark's Shot Tower (Philadelphia, P.) |
| Geographic subject |
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Pictorial works. |
|
Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- 1850-1860 |
| Printer |
Drovin & Co., distributor. |
| Location |
Library of Congress| Prints and Photographs Division | LOC DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen - 93 prints (AA size) Philadelphia |
