Creator |
Cremer, James, 1821-1893. |
Contributor |
Nevil, Thomas, 1721-1797, architect. |
Title |
Mount Pleasant, Arnold House, East Fairmount Park, Philadelphia [graphic] / James Cremer, photographer and publisher, 18 South
Eighth Street, Philadelphia.
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Publisher |
Philadelphia : James Cremer |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1870 |
Date |
[ca. 1870] |
Physical Description |
2 photographs : albumen on card mount ; mount 10 x 18 cm (4 x 7 in.) and smaller (stereograph format) |
Description |
Exterior views 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. One view shows the east front of the main house. The other view depicts
the main house flanked by smaller buildings and trees. 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.
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Is part of |
Scenery in Fairmount Park 107, No. 206 |
Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Photographer's imprint in red text on mounts. |
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Manuscript notes on versos. |
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Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Fairmount Park entitled, "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia,"
printed on verso of P.9462.22. Text surmounted by vignette of state seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by decorative border.
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Yellow mounts with rounded corners. |
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Purchase 1994 [P.9462.22]. Gift of J.F. Dallet, 1995 [P.9488.1]. |
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Description revised 2021. |
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Access points revised 2021. |
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
Subject |
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 -- Homes and haunts. |
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Macpherson, John, 1723-1792 -- 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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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 |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
Associated name |
Nevil, Thomas, 1721-1797, architect. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Cremer - Residences [P.9462.22 and P.9488.1] |
Accession number |
P.9462.22 |
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P.9488.1 |