Drawing depicting the River House Bar by the Delaware River canal in New Hope, Pa. Shows the two-and-a-half-story bar with a sign that reads, "River House, Dining Room, Guest Rooms, Bar." In the left, is a three-and-a-half-story building with an outbuilding behind it. The canal is visible in the foreground. Snow covers the ground., Title supplied by the cataloger., Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
Creator
Graeff, Henry F., artist
Date
[ca. 1920]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.66.8]
Drawing depicting the Delaware River canal in New Hope, Pa. Shows a canal boat with an American flag traveling down the Delaware River canal. Buildings flank the canal, including the two-and-a-half-story River House Bar. Snow covers the ground., Title from item., Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
Creator
Graeff, Henry F., artist
Date
[ca. 1920]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.66.3]
Drawing depicting the Delaware River canal in New Hope, Pa. Shows a canal boat with an American flag traveling down the Delaware River canal. Buildings flank the canal including the two-and-a-half-story bar with a sign that reads, "River House Bar." Snow covers the ground., Title from item., Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
Creator
Graeff, Henry F., artist
Date
[ca. 1920]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.66.2]
Manuscript map showing landowner's names and lots southwest of Point House in Moyamensing. Lot owners include Eve Graffrey, "T. Walter & others," "T. Walter &c," and John Hunter. Lots to the north of those inscribed with names of landowners are marked (l-r): "C. No. 10"; "D. No. 11"; "B. No. 9"; "A. No. 8"; "No. 4"; "No. 5"; "No. 6.", Title supplied by cataloger., Includes compass., Includes "30 Ft Lane.", Includes "Ditch" lane., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Date
[ca. 1830]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - Maps [P.2017.8.27]
View looking from Philadelphia toward Windmill Island in the Delaware River. In the foreground, the edges of piers are visible. Sailboats and a steamboat traverse the river. The island, including a building and several trees (left), and the cityscape of Camden (right) comprise the background. In 1838 a channel was cut through Windmill Island in the Delaware River to improve navigation between Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey. Smith Island to the north and Windmill Island to the south served as summer resort areas. Removal of the islands to allow unobstructed navigation of the river was completed in 1897., Title written on recto., Artist's signature and date written in lower right corner.
Creator
Anderson, Reginald, artist
Date
[1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret & Mitchell Collection - Drawings & Watercolors [P.2018.62.5]
Panoramic view of Philadelphia from an imagined, suburban perspective. In the foreground from a raised viewpoint are suburban houses with landscaped lawns and trees. Cars travel down the street. A stylized view of Philadelphia is depicted including industrial and office buildings, Broad Street leading to City Hall, the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, and the Delaware River., Title supplied by cataloger., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2022., Edwin Frank Bayha (1880-1937) was born in Philadelphia to German immigrants. He graduated from the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art in 1899 and was a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1898 to 1933. He worked as an illustrator and commercial artist.
Creator
Bayha, Edwin F., 1880-1937
Date
1928
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2022.62.3.19]
