| Creator |
Brightbill, George M., collector. |
| Contributor |
Nevil, Thomas, 1721-1797, architect. |
| Title |
Arnold mansion postcards. [graphic]. |
| Date |
[ca. 1905] |
| Physical Description |
9 photomechanical prints (postcards) : photolithograph ; 9 x 15 cm (3.5 x 5.5 in.) |
| Description |
Exterior views of front facade of Mount Pleasant Mansion (i.e. Arnold Mansion) built 1761-1765 for Captain John Macpherson
after the designs of Thomas Nevil in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. Macpherson, a privateer during the Seven Years’ War,
purchased the estate with profits from these operations. Free white and Black laborers, indentured servants, and at least
four enslaved people of African descent, whose names are unknown, worked on the plantation. In 1779, General Benedict Arnold
purchased Mount Pleasant for his wife Peggy Shippen, but they never occupied the house. In 1792, General Jonathan Williams
purchased the mansion. The City of Philadelphia purchased the property from the Williams family in 1869. On behalf of the
city, the Philadelphia Museum of Art restored the house in 1926.
|
| Notes |
Contains 6 postcards printed in color and 3 printed in black and white. |
|
Gift of George M. Brightbill, 1999. |
|
Description revised 2022. |
|
Access points revised 2022. |
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Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 -- Homes and haunts. |
|
Macpherson, John, 1726-1792 -- Homes and haunts. |
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Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815 -- Homes and haunts. |
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Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Mansions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Plantations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Slavery -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Mount Pleasant (Philadelphia, Pa. : Estate) |
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Mount Pleasant Drive (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- East. |
| Genre |
Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1910. |
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Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910. |
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Postcards -- 1900-1910. |
| Associated name |
Nevil, Thomas, 1721-1797, architect. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Arnold - 77] |
| Accession number |
Brightbill 77 |
|
077-a01-b |
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077-b01-b |
