Napolitaine, lam dreaming of thee (2 vs.), Variant: a. As sung by Carncross, at Sanford's Opera House; 2nd song: "Happy Moments"; publ. Auner (3). A-J border. 23.2 x 15 cm., Variant: b. Sheet no. 474; publ. Wrigley (1) [with 2nd imprint within border;] [COLUMBIA'S GLORIOUS RULLING LIBERTY on recto.] Wrigley military cupid border, col. 23 x 15.6 cm.
Sample image scanned from: Wolf 1475, One of 297 song sheet headpiece designs identified by Edwin Wolf in his bibliography, American Song Sheets, Slip Ballads and Poetical Broadsides Collection, 1850-1870: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Library Company of Philadelphia, 1963).
O, carry me back to my Childhood's home (4 vs. and chor.) Tune. "Carry me back to Old Virginia.", Variant: a. With "to Die" in title; [publ.] De Marsan (1). De Marsan kissing cupids border, col. 24.7 x 16.2 cm., Variant: b. Publ. Magnus (1) for James D. Gay. Letter paper; double-line border; hdpc. Magnus 192, col. 20.5 x 13 cm., Variant: c. Letter paper; blue ink; hdpc. Magnus 192, col.; publ. Magnus (1). 20.2 x 12 cm., Variant: d. Letter paper; single-line border; hdpc. Magnus 192, col. 20.5 x 12.6 cm.
Exterior views of College Hall from various angles, built 1870-1872 after designs by Thomas Webb Richards. Center of the Arts and Sciences College., Contains 26 postcards printed in color and 17 printed in black and white. Also includes 2 linen postcards., Founded as a charity school in 1740 by Benjamin Franklin. Original school buildings located at 4th and Arch Streets, then moved into the Presidential Mansion at 9th and Chestnut Streets in 1802. The mansion was cleared away in 1829 and two larger university buildings were constructed. Expanded to a much larger West Philadelphia campus in 1875., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date
1900-1935
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [University of Pennsylvania - College Hall - 162]
Upon the tented field a Minstrel Knight (3 vs. and 2 chors.), Variant: a. Print. Andrews. T. o. border; flag. 23.4 x 15 cm., Variant: b. As sung by Mr. J. Sellman; publ. Johnson (2); Printed and Sold by, address blank; adv: Cards, Cir- culars, Bill-Heads, etc. T. o. border; helmetted woman with flag and shield. 19.5 x 10.5 cm., Variant: c. [As above; without Johnson's name and adv.;] Printed and Sold by G. S. Harris. 18.7 x 11 cm., Variant: d. Sheet no. 1003; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley kissing cupids border. 24.3 x 15.5 cm.
Down-trodden, despised see brave Maryland lie (6 vs.), Variant: a. With hyphen in title; Air—"Tom Bowling"; [signed] B.; Baltimore, Nov. 18, 1861; 3 vs. only. T. o. [Bonsai] border; blue paper; arms of Maryland. 20 x 12.5 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] white paper. 18.2 x 10.4 cm., Variant: c. Headed: "Privately printed"; third edition revised; [signed] N.G.R.; Baltimore, March 4, 1862; with MS. note giving author's name as Dr. N.G. Ridgeley. Gold ink; t. o. [Bonsai] border; arms of Maryland. 22 x 15.5 cm., Variant: d. [As above;] rust-brown ink; t. o. [Bonsai], border; scales of Justice in cloud. 24.5 x 17 cm.
The Cruel war is over; Peace has come again, sirs (5 vs. and chor.) Air: Bow, wow, wow. By Eugene T. Johnston., Variant: a. [Publ.] De Marsan (3). De Marsan trapper border. 24.4 x 16.2 cm., Variant: b. With 2 chors.; sheet no. 973; sold by Partridge (2). T. o. border. 20.5 x 14.5 cm.
A thin man has a crane's head. He wears a blue jacket and cravat. He carries a large red syringe and has a medicine bottle in his pocket., Text: Mr. Pill with a very long Bill, / If my soldier laddie gets hurt, / If you don't cure him quick, I will tell you right slick, / You are brother-in-law to your Squirt., Variant of 2.39., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Sample image scanned from: Wolf 1425b, One of 297 song sheet headpiece designs identified by Edwin Wolf in his bibliography, American Song Sheets, Slip Ballads and Poetical Broadsides Collection, 1850-1870: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Library Company of Philadelphia, 1963).
On the distant prairie, where the heather wild (3 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. Publ. De Marsan (2). De Marsan fountain border, col.; cop: 1860, H. De Marsan, SDN.Y. 25.4 x 16.5 cm., Variant: b. Publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan kissing cupids border. 25.2 x 16 cm., Variant: c. Publ. De Marsan (4). De Marsan Ethiopian border. 24.2 x 16 cm., Variant: d. Title: "Prairie Flower: or, Rosalie"; as sung in all the Public Schools; publ. Johnson (2); adv: Cards, Circu- lars, Bill-Heads, etc. T. o. border; flower girl. 22.5 x 14.5 cm., Variant: e. [Without period at end of title;] with exclamation point after "Rosalie"; published by permission of Russell and Richardson; sheet no. 391; sold by Partridge (4). T. o. border. 24 x 14 cm., Variant: f. With comma after "Rosalie" in title. Double t. o. border. 23 x 14.4 cm., Variant: g. With comma after "Rosalie" in title. Publ. J. Andrews. Floral t.o. border. 20.3 x 12.2 cm. (cropped)
Image: Racist caricature showing an African American man smoking and dancing in celebration. Alludes to militant abolitionist John Brown's 1856 raid of Harper's Ferry to promote slave insurrections., Verse 1059: I'se from Harper's Ferry., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
In sad de- spair I wander Sheet no. 715; adv: Wanamaker and Brown, Oak Hall Clothing; publ. Auner [address imperfectly printed] T. o. border. 21 x 13.3 cm.
Exterior view of front facade of library built in 1907 after designs by Cope & Stewardson., Sheet number: 132B01., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Libraries - 132]
Who does the dirty work for Tag (6 vs.) Headed: "Ex.-? O. Sunday Black-Mail Sheet" (cropped); a first effort by our "Devil". Double-line border. 15.5 x 9.3 Cm.
Image: Union and Confederate troops climb ladders to fight on the feeble back of Old Dominion, an old woman representing Virginia, who is hunched over and holds a cane., Verse 1530: Old Dominion., Verse 1719: Poor old simple Virginia., Caption: "You may plant your seeds in peace, for Old Virginia will have to bear the brunt of the battle." Gov. Pickens, Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Block numbered in at least one place: 3648., Image of a cow in a natural setting., Illustration appears in The Converted child, Child's home library series no. 19 (Philadelphia, between 1857 and 1870?), frontispiece.
Block numbered in one place: 7127, also 1112., Image of a crowd of adults and children in front of an outdoor fish stall; several people point at something on the table, and others appear to be speaking or smiling; a man and a woman stand behind the stall, looking on., "V. Grottenthaler, 402 Library St Phila." – Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1869 to 1876.
Come, Sogers, take your muskets up (4 vs.) Air: Yankee Doodle., Variant: a. Publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan comic heads border. 25.3 x 16.5 cm., Variant: b. [Without punctuation and capitalization of "Sogers" in first line;] By Saugerties Bard; sheet no. 669; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley military cupid border. 24.5 x 15.5 cm.
Interior of the building with chandeliers and Foley's Fountain, surrounded by flora and urn-lined walks. Exhibit title: Foley, Margaret A., Rome, Exhibit #1, Horticultural Hall, Bldg. #151.
I'd hab you all to know (3 vs. and chor.) As sung by S. S. Purdy., Variant: a. [Publ.] De Marsan (3). De Marsan Ethiopian border. 25 x 15 cm., Variant: b. Sheet no. 1345; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley Ethiopian border. 24 xl5 cm.
A sailor stands on deck next to a cannon. He smokes a pipe and wears a sailor's uniform. He has gray hair and wrinkles., Text: Oh, sailor boy, dost e'er feel blue, / When thou art left without a chew? / When angrily billows 'round thee play, / And you eat salt junk every day, / And when you spit your juice about, / Does't ever strick thee thou'rt "played out?", "528", Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Exterior view of front facade of library built circa 1918., Sheet number: 132B03., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date
ca. 1918
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Libraries - 132]
Ferdinand Moras, the noted Philadelphia chromolithographer, was born in 1821 near Aachen, Germany, and trained as a lithographer in Elberfeld (under Peter Wilhem Kreeft) and Dusseldorf, Germany. He practiced lithography in Belgium, France, and Scotland, and London (ca. 1840-1853) before he arrived in Philadelphia aboard the "City of Glasgow" ship with his family on January 31, 1854. Within the year, Scottish-born lithographer David Chillas engaged Moras as his leading artist and general manager. Moras's work for Chillas included an advertisement for Chillas's establishment and the advertisement "M. L. Hallowell & Co., Importer and Jobber in Silk Goods." He also created a map for the Pittston Coal Company with the imprint "F. Moras lith. 109 S 4th St. Phila." that was published in an 1854 pamphlet. Tax assessment records from 1864 list him as lithographer and creator of "labels, checks & cards." He was also responsible for "Gedichte und Randzeichnungen" (1882) a book of poetry noted as a fine example of pen-lithography., Although Moras first appeared in Philadelphia city directories in 1858 at 609 Chestnut Street (also tenanted by Theodore Leonhardt & Co.), his personal memorandum indicates he started his own firm in 1856. In 1859, he affiliated with J. H. Camp and the pair created the invitation "Charity Ball of the Sons of Malta at the American Academy of Music Philadelphia." Camp later operated with Moras from 609 Chestnut Street from 1872 to 1874. Subsequent locations of Moras's shop included 109 South Fourth Street (1860-1866); 610 Jayne Street (1867-1869) - damaged seriously by water as a result of a fire started in a neighboring property in January 1866; 609 Chestnut Street (1869-1890); and 437 North Eleventh Street (1891-1896). In 1874, Moras owned approximately $20,000 worth of lithographic stones and cash. During the 1870s, he also executed plates for Duhring's "Atlas of Skin Diseases" (1878) and "The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion" (1879). By 1888 he was described by creditors as "careful in his management" and his estimated worth had increased to about $30,000., In the later 19th century as Moras continued in the trade, he was also very active in German and artists' societies and lectured and wrote on the subjects, including a presentation about Carl Henirich Schmolze at the German Artist's Association in 1883 (published in 1885). In addition, he exhibited and was awarded for his watercolors at the American Art Association in 1903., Moras immigrated to the United States with his wife, Catherine (ca. 1822-1911), and two children: Ferdinand (1848 [Edinburgh]-1887), later a lithographer, and Mary (born 1851 in England). From 1861, the family resided at 472 North Sixth Street (Ward 13) for several decades and expanded to include three more living children: Bertha (b. ca. 1855), Louisa (b. ca. 1857), and Jennie (b. ca. 1860). Willie (b. ca. 1854) and Charles (b. ca. 1856) Moras, possibly nephews, also resided with the family. By 1900, Moras was retired and he and his wife lived with his daughter and her family at 6129 McCallum Street in Germantown. He passed away a year after a severe fall down the stairs at his son-in-law's residence on July 10, 1908.
Date
1821-July 10, 1908
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
George H. Heiss, born in 1823 in Philadelphia, was a mid-nineteenth century Philadelphia lithographer who worked with Wagner & McGuigan and specialized in views of fire fighting equipment., The Heiss attribution first appeared on Wagner & McGuigan advertisements in 1847 and by 1855, Heiss operated his own establishment at 213 North Second Street. At this address, until the early 1860s, he mainly lithographed and published views of fire fighting engines for local volunteer companies, including the United States Fire Company and West Philadelphia Hose Company. Heiss remained in the trade as of 1865 when he published "The Illustrated National Alphabet" illustrated with lithographs. In 1868, Heiss left lithography and established an artist's materials emporium at 25 North Eleventh Street, which he operated until ca. 1885., Heiss also exhibited at the Artist's Fund Society 1840-1843, worked as a portrait painter, and lived in Ward 11 in 1860.
Date
b. 1823
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
The valentine shows an image of a small child in a pink frock with a yellow collar crying with its hands clenched., Text: Pray dry your eyes my pretty child, / Be cheerful and then maybe, / Next time I pass this way I'll bring, / Some candy for the Baby., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Ye copperheads and traitors, to you these lines we write (4 vs. and chor.) Cop: 1864, James D. Gay, EDPa., Variant: a. With "Gen." in title; By James D. Gay, the celebrated Army Song Publisher and Vocalist. T. o. border; battle scene with line of charging soldiers within ornamental frame. 24.5 x 15.4 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] election rally with man on platform, and slogan "Grant's Beverage is Meade." 24.2 x 15 cm., Variant: c. With "copperheads" in first line in caps; Respectfully dedicated to the Army of the Potomac; By James D. Gay; Air: "Old Virginia low lands, low"; with cop. 12 mm. below text. Letter paper; blue ink; hdpc. Magnus 61, col.; with title "Richmond" under hdpc. ; publ. Magnus (1). 20.4 x 12.6 cm., Variant: d. [As above; without hdpc. title;] with cop. 3 mm. below text. 20.2 x 12.6 cm., Variant: e. [As above; without hdpc. title;] with cop. 12 mm. below text; with "bart" for "part" in 2nd line. 20.4 x 12.5 cm.
Och I am a grate Irishman, from Cork I have come (8 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. Title: "Soap Fat Man."; Air—Bould Irishman; publ. Johnson (2); adv: 600 different kinds of Songs. A-J border. 24.4 x 15.1 cm., Variant: b. With "Form" in place of "from" in first line; sheet no. 967; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley military cupid border. 24.6 x 15.6 cm.
Raise me in your arms, my brother (3 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. Words by E. Bowers; music by P. B. Isaacs; Music obtained at S. T. Gordon's (1); publ. Auner (5). A-J border. 23.2 x 14.9 cm., Variant: b. 14.2 x 8.9 cm. (cropped), Variant: c. [Without exclamation point in title, and comma in first line;] as sung by Mr. D. S. Wambold; publ. Boyd; advs: 10.000 Songs for sale, Boyd's Circulating Library, and 2,000 Plays for Sale. T. o. border; flags, shield with heart and star, and title on scroll. 21.4 x 13.2 cm., Variant: d. Title as above; words by E. Bowers; music by P. B. Isaacs; music obtained of S. T. Gordon (1); with preface to song: "An Officer, captured at the battle of Bull-Run, relates the following incident . . ."; [publ.] De Marsan (3). De Marsan kissing cupids border. 25.4 x 16.3 cm.
Huddy and Duval, the partnership between Philadelphia lithographers William M. Huddy and Peter S. Duval was active 1839-1843. The lithographers partnered in 1839 to publish the "U. S. Military Magazine," a monthly magazine devoted to the activities of Philadelphia's volunteer militia groups. Each issue included an illustration of a member wearing a militia uniform, most of which were drawn by Huddy, lithographed by Alfred Hoffy, and printed by Duval. Huddy & Duval was located at 7 Bank Alley, the location of Duval's establishment from 1840-1843.
Date
fl. 1839-1843
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
