Details
Creator Newell, Robert, 1822-1897.
Title Harris'es monument in Woodland Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia : Robert Newell
Date [ca. 1870]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8 x 17 cm. (3 x 6.75 in.)
Description View showing the large monument in the cemetery at 3900 Woodland Avenue. The monument is comprised of a stone canopy enshrining a sculpted figure kneeling at a cross atop a pedestal. The canopy is adorned by an urn and the monument is surrounded by a stone enclosure. Also shows the Woodlands Mansion, built 1742, remodeled and enlarged between 1787 and 1790 for William Hamilton, in the right background. The estate was purchased in 1840 by the Woodlands Cemetery Company.
Notes Attributed to Robert Newell.
Title from manuscript note on verso.
Yellow mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Hamilton, William, 1745-1813 -- Homes and haunts.
Woodlands Cemetery (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Tombs & sepulchral monuments -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject West Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Woodland Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 3900.
Genre Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Cemeteries [7992.F.20]
Accession number 7992.F.20