Details
Creator Brightbill, George M., collector.
Contributor Siemering, Rudolf, 1835-1905, sculptor.
Title Washington Monument postcards. [graphic].
Date 1900-1920
Physical Description 50 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithograph; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description Depicts equestrian statue of George Washington on a pedestal surrounded by four fountains and allegorical figures that represent four rivers: the Delaware, the Hudson, the Potomac and the Mississippi Rivers. Statues on the lowest tier portray "typical" American human figures and animals. Designed by Rudolf Siemering in 1897 and unveiled at the Green Street entrance to Fairmount Park. Moved to Eakins Oval at the end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1928. Contains views of the monument at both locations.
Notes Contains 33 postcards printed in color and 17 in black and white.
Commissioned by the Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania, whose members were descendants of Washington's soldiers.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Statues.
Monuments & memorials -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Benjamin Franklin Parkway (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Eakins Oval.
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Green Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1920.
Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1920.
Associated name Siemering, Rudolf, 1835-1905, sculptor.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Monuments & Memorials - Washington Monument - 90]
Accession number Brightbill 90
090-a01-a