| Creator |
Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884, artist. |
| Contributor |
P.S. Duval & Co., printer. |
|
Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884, architect. |
|
E.S. Jones & Co., publisher. |
| Title |
The farm. A scene near Gray's Ferry, Philada. Co., Pa. [graphic] : Design XXVII. pl. I. / Sam'l Sloan archt. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : P. S. Duval & Co.'s steam lith. press |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1852 |
| Date |
[1852] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : lithograph, tinted with one stone ; 19 x 29 cm. (7.38 x 11.5 in.) |
| Description |
Plate in architectural design book illustrating an Italianate mansion at the intersection of two roads in Gray's Ferry near
Philadelphia. In the foreground, three boys fish in a stream that runs parallel to the property leading to the Schuylkill
River in the background (left). An orchard occupies the land in front of the house, and farm land sprawls across the property
behind the house. A team of two horses plows the farm land, and a sailboat is visible on the river in the distance.
|
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The lithography firm of Peter S. Duval operated as P.S. Duval & Co. from 1851-1857. |
| Is referenced by |
Wainwright 376 |
| Notes |
Published in Samuel Sloan's The model architect. (Philadelphia: Published by E.S. Jones & Co. S.W. corner of Fourth & Race
Sts., c1852), vol. II, plate I, design XXVII.
|
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Philadelphia on Stone |
|
POS 243 |
|
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited. |
|
Library Company of Philadelphia: in *Am 1852 Sloan (2)1382.F |
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Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Farms |
| Subject |
Mansions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Farms -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Fishing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Architecture, Domestic -- Designs and plans. |
|
Architecture, Domestic -- United States. |
| Geographic subject |
Gray's Ferry (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Schuylkill River (Pa.) |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1850-1860. |
|
Book illustrations -- 1850-1860. |
|
Architectural drawings -- 1850-1860. |
|
Elevations -- 1850-1860. |
| Associated name |
Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884, architect. |
| Printer |
E.S. Jones & Co., publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts| Rare| W376 [*Am 1852 Sloan (2)1382.F.opp10] |
| Accession number |
(2)1382.F.opp10 |
