A woman has a bell for a head and a long bell-clapper for a tongue. The sender criticizes the recipient for talking excessively., Text: Ding, dong, all the day long, / Your tongue is not quiet a minute; / No wonder it is that it rings like a gong, / For we know that your head has nought in it., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
'Tis of a rich Dutchman in Niew Yorck did live (8 vs.) Tune, "Villikins and his Dinah." By Snyderskype., Variant: a. Print. Andrews. T. o. border. 24.4 x 15 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] with Astley's imprint added. 24.3 x 15.7 cm., Variant: c. Sheet no. 346; publ. Wrigley (1); [with CORCORAN'S IRISH LEGION on verso.] Wrigley military cupid border. 24.4 x 14.3 cm.
You have told me that you love me (3 vs.) Published by S. Gordon (3)., Variant: a. Letter paper; blue ink; hdpc. Magnus 231, col.; publ. Magnus (1). 20.5 x 12.7 cm., Variant: b. Adv: 500 Illustrated Ballads [publ.] Magnus (2). Letter paper; blue ink; single-line border; hdpc. Magnus 247b, col. 20.5 x 12.7 cm., Variant: c. [As above;] hdpc. Magnus 247c, col. 20.5 x 12.7 cm., Variant: d. Publ. Magnus (1). Letter paper; single-line border; bronze ink; hdpc. Magnus 251, col. 20.5 x 12.6 cm.
William W. Murchison, born ca. 1838 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia ca. 1866-ca. 1890. He practiced the trade at the firm of Breuker and Kessler (112 South Seventh Street) in the late 1860s and was a member of the Lithographic Printers Union. Between the late 1860s and 1880, he resided at 913 North Tenth Street, 206 Ristine Street (1866-1869), 519 South Fifth Street (1873), and 510 Federal Street (1880)., Murchison was married to Jane (b. ca. 1845), with whom he resided with his sister-in-laws by 1880. In 1890, he continued to work as a printer and lived at 924 Morgan Street., Possibly the William Murchison who worked for P. S. Duval.
Date
b. ca. 1838
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
The "daughter of the D---" holds a broom in one hand and a set of large tongs in the other. Her hair is wiry, and her face is pointed with lizard-like tongue and sharp teeth., Text: If all God e'er made was good, / Some things like you we find most evil; / And we must think, at least we should, / That you're the offspring of the D----., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Waist-length portrait of a seated young woman facing forward. She wears a bonnet on her head and her dress is adorned with a large lace collar and cuffs. Her right arm rests on a table., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Pad: Red velvet embossed "Willard Market St. Ab 16th Philada." Geometric border., Mat: Fancy nonpareil., Case: Leather. Geometric design with a small oval surrounded by fanciful leaves within four scrolls. Same design on verso.
Creator
Willard, Oliver H., d. 1876, photographer.
Date
ca. 1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9636.2]
Ye sons of Columbia, from Ireland I came (5 vs.) Publ. Johnson (3); advs: Cards, Circulars, Bill Heads, etc., and You will save 25 per cent, by getting your Printing done at Johnson's. T. o. border. 20.1 x 10.7 cm. (cropped)
In a chariot of light from the regions of day (3 vs.), Variant: a. Publ. Auner (3). A-J border; tree. 24.5 x 15.5 cm., Variant: b. Publ. Johnson (2). A-J border; tree. 24.5 x 15.5 cm., Variant: c. Publ. A. M. Senseman (2). T. o. border; tree. 22.5 x 14 cm. (cropped)
Portrait of Conarroe with small mustache and small goatee. Hair curling on the side., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Ambrotype by Gutekunst & Bro., 164 Arch St. Patented July 4 & 11 54., Case: Leather. Geometric design. Two concentric scalloped ovals. Same design on verso., See Conarroe Family research file., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Creator
Gutekunst & Bro, photographer.
Date
ca. 1857
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8259.F.6]
A woman wears a gown with furbelows and holds her nose up. A peacock stands next to her. The sender rejects the recipient because of her vanity., Text: With head in air, and peacock pride, / So vain and empty, loving show; / On you the gentle name of bride, / I certainly would not bestow., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Plate from a children's moral instruction book showing two girls standing on the sidewalk in front of the shop window of a bakery. One holds a basket of bread under her right arm, as the other girl steals a sip from a drink., Not in Wainwright., Date supplied by cataloger., Issued as plate in series Picture lessons, illustrating moral truth. For the use of infant-schools, nurseries, Sunday-schools & family circles (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 146 Chestnut Street, between 1847 and 1853)., Originally accompanied by text titled "Avoid the beginning of evil" moralizing that "there is no such thing as a little sin" since small lies engrain a "habit of falsehood and dishonesty" making children "a little bolder at every step.", Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 136, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Date
[ca. 1850]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Morality [7822.F.4]
William Keenan, a native of South Carolina born ca. 1810, worked as an engraver and lithographer in Philadelphia 1830-1833. Listed in Philadelphia city directories at 45 Sansom Street, the address was also used in the mid-1820s by engraver and lithographer Cephas G. Childs and "Mr. Doughty," i.e., artist Thomas Doughty. The boarding house of Solomon Marache also operated at 45 Sansom Street 1815-1845. Keenan returned to South Carolina in the mid-1830s, where by 1850 he worked as an engraver and resided in Charleston with his wife Sarah (b. ca. 1822) and their son Sydney (b. ca. 1848)., Keenans' work in Philadelphia included illustrations for several gift books. He also produced landscapes, portraits, and medals and engraving on silver (by the late 1840s and 1850s).
Date
b. ca. 1810
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Block numbered in two places: 7893., Image of two eagles [?], both perched on branches in a natural setting. One eagle is in the foreground, and one is the background.
Exterior views of front facade and south door of house built 1728-1734 by James Logan. The house remained in the Logan family until the early 20th century when the city acquired the property in 1910., Contains 3 postcards printed in color and 6 printed in black and white., Also identified as the Logan Home., Postcards issued by a variety of publishers, with about half issued by The Rotograph Co., New York City., Sheet numbers: 102A12, 102A14, 102A15 and 102B1., 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
1900-1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Mansions - 102]
Exterior views of front facade of house built circa 1755 and known successively as the Conyngham, Wister and Hacker House. Occupied by the Germantown Historical Society before it moved to its current location at 5501 Germantown Avenue., Also known as the Old Fisher House., Sheet number: 102B05., Undivided backs., 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. 1905
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Mansions - 102]
Oh! we'll hang Wendell Phillips to a sour apple-tree (3 vs. with prose and chors.) Air: Glory Hallelujah., Variant: a. Written by John C. Cross; publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan clown border. 22.7 x 14.5 cm., Variant: b. [Without period at end of title;] written for Sam Sharp- ley by John C. Cross; sheet no. 1216; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley military cupid border. 21.6 x 13.2 cm.
Nicholas Mitton, born ca. 1839 in Ireland, printed the 1869 lithograph "The Celebrated Trotting Mare Flora Temple and Colt, now owned by George Welch, Chestnut Hill, Pa." published by John Smith. Mitton partnered with lithographer Daniel O'Donnell in the partnership O'Donnell and Mitton, printers, at 18 South Third Street in 1869. He resided at 1509 Bartram Street., According to the 1870 census, Mitton owned personal estate valued at $2,000 and was married to Irish-born Mary (b. ca. 1835), the proprietor of a trimming store. They had a one-year old son born ca. 1869 in Pennsylvania. The Mitton household also included a domestic servant.
Date
b. ca. 1839
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Block numbered in two places: 6572, also 369 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of two girls looking at each other; one looks out an open window and rests her hand on the railing across what appears to be a small balcony; the other girl rests one hand on the edge of the same railing and holds a basket in her other hand, with feet on two different stairs of a small stoop., “N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “Maggie + Bessie Frontispiece M.S. p. 3.”
Robert B. Babb, born ca. 1839 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer and printer in Philadelphia between 1860 and 1900. Attending Girard College in 1850, Babb was a lithographer living in Kensington with wife Jane Babb (b. ca. 1821) and two siblings, William (b. ca. 1841) and George (b. ca. 1844) in 1860. Babbed remained in the neighborhood throughout his career residing at 1167 Sophia Street (ca. 1865-ca. 1872), 322 East Cumberland Street (ca. 1875-ca. 1884), and the rear property of 226 West Thompson Street (ca. 1884-)., Although Babb predominately worked in the printing trade, the 1882 city directory lists him as partnered with Winfield S. Biddle in the flour industry at Dauphin and American Streets. By the 1910 census, Babb is listed as a widower.
Date
b. ca. 1839
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Exterior view of front facade and flank of church built in 1898 to replace older church building constructed in 1855., Sheet number: 50B15., Undivided back. Emblem of Liberty Bell on verso., 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. 1905
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]
Block numbered in two places: 3282., Image of a vulture in a natural setting with pyramids in the background., Illustration appears in The Union spelling book (Philadelphia, 1838), p.14., Inscribed on the side of the block: 'V' and ‘ed. Spel. Book.’
Anastatic Office, a lithographic firm established in 1846 by Library Company of Philadelphia librarian John Jay Smith and two of his sons, Robert Pearsall and Lloyd Pearsall, operated until 1847. John Jay acquired the American rights to the anastatic process, a new method of transfer lithography in 1845; Robert P. managed the establishment; and Lloyd P. sold and advertised the material printed at his law bookstore at 19 St. James Street. The Anastatic Office first advertised an office at 317 (i.e., 800 block) Market Street in February 1846, which by June 1846 relocated to 144 (i.e., 600 block) Chestnut Street., The Office produced a number of works, many reproductions of historic maps and documents, and entered at least one piece in the Franklin Institute Exhibition in October 1846. Works of import include anastatic copies from facsimiles drawn by James C. Sidney of Thomas Holmes's 1687 "Map of the Improved Part of Pennsilvania" and John Reed's 1774 "Explanation and Map of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia," as well as a copy of the "Declaration of Independence," with signatures, procured by the City Councils in 1846 (copy in Independence National Historic Park collections). In addition, the Anastatic Office produced the plates for John Jay Smith's "Designs for Monuments and Mural Tablets and Guide to Workers in Metals and Stone" (co-authored by Thomas U. Walter)., By 1847, the office dissolved and Robert P. Smith operated a printing establishment under his own name at the Chestnut Street address.
Date
fl. 1846-1847
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
By old James' river I was born (3 vs. and chor.) Sung with Tremendous Applause by Buckley's cele- brated Band of Minstrels, 539 Broadway, N.Y.; print. Andrews. Andrews ivy border. 23 x 15 cm.
The valentine shows a large-chested man walking in a field. He holds a top hat., Text: You conceited old fogie, with face of Brass, / By nature intended for an ass; / But ape the Biped of two-legged kind, / With stomach, all a bag of wind. / Seek for thy wife in Afies clime, / And be her faithful Valentine., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
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