Details
Creator Cremer, James, 1821-1893.
Title Belmont Mansion. [graphic] / James Cremer, photographer, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia.
Publisher Philadelphia : [James Cremer]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1870
Date [ca. 1870]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 17.5 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description View showing the exterior of the house built for William Peters, including men sitting and standing on the lawn in the foreground. Construction of the main block of the house began in 1743 but was not completed until circa 1751. The property became part of Fairmount Park in 1869.
Is part of Scenery in Fairmount Park No. 74
Notes Title from manuscript note on verso.
Photographer's imprint in red text on mount.
Yellow mount with rounded corners.
William Peters was a landowner and attorney from Liverpool, England. He held several offices in Philadelphia including Clerk of the Admiralty Court, Notary Public, and Prothonotary of the Superior Court. Belmont Mansion was one of several properties owned by Peters in Philadelphia. He gave the property to his son, Judge Richard Peters, when he returned to England in 1768.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 -- Homes and haunts.
Peters, William, 1702-1786 -- Homes and haunts.
Estates -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Belmont (Philadelphia, Pa. : Estate)
Belmont Mansion Drive (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 2000.
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9260.26]
Accession number P.9260.26