Details
Creator Breuker & Kessler Co.
Contributor Rogers, Randolph, 1825-1892, sculptor.
Title Lincoln Monument, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia [graphic] : Annual greeting of the carriers of The Press to their patrons 1872.
Alternate Title Press (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1857)
Publisher Philadelphia: Breuker & Kessler
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1872
Date [1872]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored; 30 x 45 cm. (11.5 x 18 in.)
Description View showing several park visitors surrounding the monument sculpted by Randolph Rogers that was erected in 1871 at East River (i.e, Kelly) and Lemon Hill drives. Visitors view the monument, converse, greet one another, read newspapers, sit on benches, and ride in carriages. Monument shows Abraham Lincoln, seated, with a quill in his hand after just signing the Emancipation Proclamation. The statue rests upon a pedestal adorned with sculpted garland, bronze eagles, and the City of Philadelphia’s Coat of Arms. The granite base is adorned with four panels inscribed with a dedication to and quotes from Lincoln of which two are visible. The monument was commissioned by the Lincoln Monument Association, one of the first such associations formed in the country, to raise funds for a city monument in memory of Lincoln. Also shows, in the background, boat houses along the Schuylkill River, river traffic, the West Philadelphia standpipe, and City Park Hotel.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 438
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Monuments -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Monuments & memorials -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Boathouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Standpipes -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- East.
Kelly Drive (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1870-1880.
Carriers' greetings -- 1872.
Associated name Rogers, Randolph, 1825-1892, sculptor.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *BW - Monuments [P.9303.8]
Accession number P.9303.8