Details
Creator Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918, artist.
Contributor Bowen & Co., printer.
Title Reliques of William Penn in Philadelphia in 1864. [graphic] : The carriers of The Press to their patrons. January 1st. 1864. Max Rosenthal, del.
Alternate Title Press (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1857 : Daily)
Publisher Philadelphia: Bowen & Co., lith
Date [1864]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone; 31 x 49 cm.(12 x 19.5 in.)
Description Carriers' address containing six titled vignettes showing residences, scenes, and objects associated with William Penn. Vignettes surrounded by a decorative border. Border includes a male and female Native American, smoking and holding a peace pipe, respectively, and the seal of Philadelphia designed by Penn. Central vignette shows William Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1682. Other vignettes show contemporary depictions of "William Penn's House in Letitia St."; William Penn House in Second St.; the dilapidated "Brew House at Penn's Manor [i.e., Pennsbury Manor] Built by William Penn"; "Monument at Treaty Ground"; and "Penn's Manor with Cherry Tree Planted by William Penn." Many of the views include pedestrian traffic and site visitors. Treaty Ground view includes a shed adorned with signage marked "Painter."
Is referenced by Wainwright 307
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POS 637
Library Company of Philadelphia: *W307 [1883.F.183]
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 18 R 815
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 18 B 786
Subject Penn, William, 1644-1718 -- Homes and haunts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Penn, William, 1644-1718 -- Homes and haunts -- Pennsylvania -- Morrisville (Bucks County)
Penn, William, 1644-1718 -- Monuments -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pennsbury Manor (Morrisville, Pa.)
Penn's treaty with the Indians, 1682.
Indians of North America -- United States.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1860-1870.
Carriers' addresses -- 1864.
Carriers' greetings -- 1864.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bb 18 R 815