Details
Creator Hand, Alfred, photographer.
Title Grumblethorpe in 1744 from Mr. Wister's history. [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1920
Date ca. 1920
Physical Description 1 negative: glass; 11 x 8 cm. (4 x 3.25 in.)
Description Copy of book illustration depicting Grumblethorpe, taken from the beginning of Chapter IX in "Mr. Wister's history". Grumblethorpe was constructed in 1744 by Philadelphia wine merchant John Wister. His house was the first in Germantown built solely for summer residency and greatly exceeded the dimensions of the homes around it, giving it the nickname "Wister's Big House."
Notes Inscribed in negative: 4004.
Title from negative sleeve.
Subject Wister, Johannes, 1708-1789 -- Homes and haunts.
Agnew, James, d. 1777 -- Death and burial.
Grumblethorpe (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5261-5267.
Genre Book illustrations -- 1910-1920.
Glass plate negatives -- 1910-1920.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.164]
Accession number P.9259.164