Depicts William Rush's seven and one-half feet tall Water Nymph and Bittern fountain sculpture near the Lemon Hill (Callowhill Street) entrance to Fairmount Park. Also includes the marble Frederick Graff Memorial, commissioned in 1844 in honor of Frederick Graff, the designer of Fairmount Waterworks., Numbered 173-9 on recto., Sheet number: 86A12., Divided back. Post marked 1909., 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. 1909
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]
View showing the "Nymph with Bittern" statue at the east side of the forebay at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. The statue, sculpted in wood in 1809 by William Rush for the Centre Square Water Works, was installed at the basin in 1827. It was removed in 1872 when cast in bronze and relocated to the south garden at the waterworks. Also shows the standpipe on Reservoir Hill in the upper left corner of the image. The waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822, were altered and expanded until 1872., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Title printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., American scenery was a popular series of copy stereographs issued between 1874 and 1877., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1874
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [P.9058.167]
View looking southeast from the rear terrace of the old mill house showing the forebay of the waterworks on the Schuylkill River. Also shows Reservoir Hill in the background, including William Rush's "Allegory of the Schuylkill River" or "Water Nymph and Bittern" fountain installed in 1827. Water sprays from the statue's base. The waterworks were originally constructed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff., Title supplied by cataloguer., Orange mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1865
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.121f]
