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Washington's statue--Philadelphia. [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A100034
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Contributor
Bailly, Joseph Alexis, 1825-1883, sculptor.
Title
Washington's statue--Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher
United States
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1876
Date
[ca. 1876]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 17.5 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description
View showing the George Washington marble statue sculpted by Joseph A. Bailly enclosed in ironwork fencing in front of Independence Hall. Statue rests on pedestal inscribed "Erected by the Washington Monument Association of the First School District of Pennsylvania July 4, 1869." Also shows a crowd of spectators in the foreground and patriotic bunting, most likely for the Centennial celebrations, covering the State House in the background.
Is part of
New Excelsior Series. 1776
Centennial Views. Phila. 1776
Notes
Title printed on mount below image.
Series titles in ornate columns with graphic vignettes.
Orange mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Statues.
Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Monuments & memorials -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Spectators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Decorations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
United States -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 520.
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Associated name
Bailly, Joseph Alexis, 1825-1883, sculptor.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Monuments and statues [P.8731.11]
Accession number
P.8731.11
In Collections
Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
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