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Title: ASSU Illustration 4808
Description: Block numbered in two places: 4808., Image of a cherub resting on an architectural element.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 8

Title: ASSU Illustration 9324
Description: Block numbered in two places: 9324., Image of an Orientalist interior, with vases., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 3

Title: ASSU Illustration 7703
Description: Block numbered in two places: 7703., Image of two bearded men, one of whom appears to be talking, and the other is holding some sort of horn.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 6

Title: Children's Art Union
Description: Comic genre view showing boys and girls sitting in a parlor creating or holding artwork. One boy stands on a table and draws a caricature of a man's face on the wall. Another boy holds his rough sketch of a horse for others to see. One girl stands in front of a sophisticated painting with a palette in her hand., Title on negative., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of F.J. Dallet.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Associations [P.9461.1]

Title: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Description: Aerial views showing the Philadelphia Museum of Art, built 1919-1928 after designs by Horace Trumbauer and the firm of Zantzinger, Borie, and Medary., Negative numbers: 12549-12555., Negatives dated May 22, 1930., 12553 not digitized; negative is damaged and cannot be scanned.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1930
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.12549-12555]

Title: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Description: Aerial view showing the Philadelphia Museum of Art, built near the Schuylkill River 1919-1928 after designs by Horace Trumbauer and the firm of Zantzinger, Borie, and Medary. View includes part of West Philadelphia., Negative number: P276., Negative dated September 18, 1931.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.P276]

Title: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Description: Aerial views showing the Philadelphia Museum of Art under construction. Designed by Horace Trumbauer and the firm of Zantzinger, Borie, and Medary, the museum was built from 1919 to 1928 near the Schuylkill River., Negative numbers: 5493, 5494.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5493; P.8990.5494]

Title: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Description: Aerial view showing the Philadelphia Museum of Art under construction. Designed by Horace Trumbauer and the firm of Zantzinger, Borie, and Medary, the museum was built from 1919 to 1928 near the Schuylkill River. View looking southeast includes Center City to the Delaware River., Negative number: 5915.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5915]

Title: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Description: Aerial view showing the Philadelphia Museum of Art under construction. Designed by Horace Trumbauer and the firm of Zantzinger, Borie, and Medary, the museum was built from 1919 to 1928 near the Schuylkill River. Construction materials are visible around the perimeter of the building., Negative number: 6277.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6277]

Title: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Description: Aerial view showing the Philadelphia Museum of Art under construction, including scaffolding on the front facade. Designed by Horace Trumbauer and the firm of Zantzinger, Borie, and Medary, the museum was built from 1919 to 1928 near the Schuylkill River., Negative number: 7290., 7290 not digitized; negative is damaged and cannot be scanned.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.7290]

Title: Cumberland Island, Georgia
Description: Views showing rocks with hieroglyphics on the the barrier island off the Southern end of Georgia used as a fishing and hunting ground by Native Americans before the 16th century., Title from label accompanying 5739.F.54d., Yellow paper mounts with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American views., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Non-Philadelphia - Georgia [5739.F.54a, b & d]

Title: ASSU Illustration 6105
Description: Block numbered in two places: 6105, also 1390 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a boy and a woman indoors; the boy stands across the table, holding a framed image toward the woman; the woman regards the image and holds a paper in her hand; an open chest or box sits on the ground, and plates, a coat hook, and a large table clock are visible behind them in the room., Signed: H.D. [i.e. Henry Dacre?], “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., “Tom Tracy. M.S. p. 135.” – Inscribed on side of block., Illustration appears in New book of two hundred pictures, p. 108
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 21

Title: Cyclorama of Jerusalem and the Crucifixion, Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia
Description: Series of titled views include "Crucifixion," "Mount Moriah and Tower of Antonia," "Mount Moriah, with Mount Olives as background of Temple," "Lower Part of Mount Zion, with Mountains of Moab in the distance," "Central portion of Mount Zion," "Herod's Palace and Towers," "Western View, Ruins of Caravensary," "Western View," "Northern View, with Shepherd's Cottage and Road to Damascus," "Northern View, with Caravensary and Illuminated Well," and "North-eastern view, with Grotto of Jeremiah". Images depict the crucifixion of Christ on a barren plateau outside of the city and include Roman soldiers, pilgrims, merchant caravans, donkeys and camels, and a cottage., Title and photographer's imprint from series label pasted on verso. Includes eleven numbered titles in the series list (No. 1-11)., Orange curved mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1888]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Theaters and halls [P.9900.1-11]

Title: First annual prize exhibition of the Philadelphia Sketch Club held in New York January 1866
Description: Poster containing Gothic-style lettering bordering a central vignette. Vignette depicts an oval-framed mid-length portrait of a lady in medieval attire holding a pencil and sketchpad. The lady's hand with pencil ascends outside of the frame. The professional artists' club was founded in 1860., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 79, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Date: [1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.75a]

Title: First annual prize exhibition of the Philadelphia Sketch Club held in New York January 1866
Description: Poster containing Gothic-style lettering bordering a central vignette. Vignette depicts an oval-framed mid-length portrait of a lady in medieval attire holding a pencil and sketchpad. The lady's hand with pencil ascends outside of the frame. The professional artists' club was founded in 1860., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 79, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Date: [1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.75a]

Title: Art exhibit at Rittenhouse Square - 1937
Description: View showing a young African American man looking at a display of art works from the "Clothesline Show" in Rittenhouse Square. The man stands to the right of the display composed of two, parallel rows of art hung on clothes lines strung between two trees. A collection of painted canvases rest under the lines in the left. The man stands near the opening to a pathway. A bed of flowers near a lawn of grass is visible in the foreground. The "Clothesline Show," later the Rittenhouse Square Fine art show began in June 1932 with the exhibition of art works within the square by arts students in the Arts Student League. In the following years, professional artists began to display their work as well and in 1976 the show was renamed the Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts Annual. In 2004 the show moved to the outside of the park. In 2005 it was renamed Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show., Date and title from manuscript note on recto., Part of a number of views of the "Clothelines Show" [P.2017.88.76.5-11] taken by Fetters within a series of his work in the Swayne Collection [P.2017.88.76.1-52]. Most of the views include spectators and two views include the "Lion Crushing the Serpent" statue after the designs of Antoine-Louis Barye., Description reviewed 2022., Access points reviewed 2022.
Creator: Fetters, H.
Date: [1937]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Robert Swayne Collection [P.2017.88.76.9]

Title: Chamberlain, William
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date: December 5, 1834

Title: Standard Drop Shot bag
Description: Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2018., Textile shot bag. On the front of the bag in red letters: “Standard Drop Shot, T.W. Sparks, Philadelphia. 7.” An eagle in red is in the center. Inside the bag is a newspaper clipping, “A Brief History, Sparks Shot Tower.”, Opened in 1808 by Thomas Sparks and John Bishop, the 142 foot tall brick tower revolutionized the manufacture of ammunition. Gun shot was made by pouring lead from the top of the tower. The lead developed a round shape through falling and solidified in cold water at the bottom. Four generations of Sparks operated the tower until 1903 when it was sold to the United Lead Company. The City of Philadelphia bought the site in 1913.
Creator: T.W. Sparks
Date: Between 1872-1903
Location: OBJ 908

Title: Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences, or The Genius of America Encouraging the Emancipation of the Blacks
Description: The painting is signed "S. Jennings Pinxt.1792" on a scroll in the lower right corner. The frame is original, made by the Philadelphia carver and gilder James Reynolds (c. 1736-1794)., LCP Minutes vol. 3, April 1, 1790, p. 195-197: "Extract of a Letter from Samuel Jennings, dated London January 12th, 1790. `My Dear Father. Having lately received Information that an Elegant Building is now erecting for the Philadelphia Library, an Idea immediately struck me, that if it would not be thought presumptuous, I should esteem myself very happy to have the honor of presenting a Painting to the Company that would be applicable to so noble, and useful an Institution, and which if agreeable to the Gentlemen who have the Directions of it, shall use my utmost exertion & abilities to make it acceptable; the great affection I retain for my native Country, will always be an inducement to me to contribute my mite towards the Encouragement of Arts and Sciences, hoping in due time, they will arrive to as great perfection as they are at present, in the place I now reside--- As I do not know who the Gentlemen are that have the direction of the Library, I request you will be so obliging as to communicate to them the Information I have given you, and if they should be pleased to approve of it, as I hope they will, it will be necessary for me to be acquainted with the length, breadth and height of the Room, together with the Situation they would wish to place in it, and if over the Fire-place, the distance from the Mantle-piece to the Ceiling-- You will perhaps think me too particular, but these are things essentially necessary--/As soon as I receive an answer from you with their approbation, which I hope will be by the first Packet from New York, or any other immediate opportunity, I shall put the piece into Execution., In regard to the subject, there are three, which I think would be applicable to the Institution vizt. Cleo - Goddess of History, and Heroic Poetry. Calliope - Goddess of Harmony, Rhetoric, & Heroic Poetry - Minerva- Goddess of Wisdom & all the Arts, The Presidentess of Learning, which seems to comprehend everything that can be desired.The dress of Minerva is grand, and would make a better picture than either of the others. But if my other Subject should be their choice, I shall with plesure, comply with it-' This handsome Compliment from one of our Fellow Citizens now in London, is gratefully received, and Mordecai Lewis, John Kaighn, Doctor Parke, Thomas Morris and Richard Wells, are appointed a Committee to prepare a Letter to go by the next Packet expressive of the high Sense which the Board entertain of the genteel proposal, and that the Committee take the subject of the picture into consideration, and transmit their opinion thereon-.", Vol. 3, May 6, 1790, p. 206-207: "The Committee appointed by the last board reported that they had transmitted a letter to Samuel Jennings in answer to his polite and liberal offer of a painting for this Institution which was read and ordered to be entered on the minutes--- `Phila. April 3, 1790, Esteemed Friend- The Directors of the Library Company of Philadelphia having been furnished with an extract of thy letter respecting a Piece of Painting intended for the Library they have instructed us to transmit their grateful acknowledgments for so genteel a notice of their Institution--To recieve such a proof of Attachment from one of their Fellow-Citizens, at so great a distance, must be truly pleasing to every Member of the Company, to whom the Directors will have an opportunity of communicating it, at their annual Election next month-/ The Board have considered the three Subjects submitted to their Choice, and readily agree in giving a preference to that of Minerva; but as a more general latitude has been so politely granted, they take the liberty of suggesting an Idea of Substituting the figure of Liberty/with her Cap and proper Insignia/displaying the arts by some of the most striking Symbols of Painting, Architecture, Mechanics, Astronomy etc, whilst She appears in the attitude of placing on the top of a Pedestal, a pile of books, lettered with, Agriculture, Commerce, Philosophy, & Catalogue of Philadelphia Library., A broken chain under her feet, and in the distant background a Groupe of Negroes sitting on the Earth, or in some attitude expressive of Ease & Joy -/ This is handed merely as a Sketch of what struck the Directors, but they have so much diffidence on Subjects of this nature, that they wish to submit the whole to thy own Judgment-/ We are on behalf of the Directors very respectfully Thy Friends. Signed by Richard Wells, Thomas Morris, Thomas Parke, John Kaighn'., Gift of Samuel Jennings, 1792., Exhibited in: Art Institute of Chicago's exhibition, From Colony to Nation (1949); Corcoran Gallery of Art's exhibition, American Processional (1950); Library Company and Historical Society of Pennsylvania's exhibtion, Negro History, 1553-1903 (1969); The National Portrait Gallery's exhibition, The Black Presence in the Era of the American Revolution, 1770-1800 (1973); Library Company and Historical Society of Pennsylvania's exhibtion, Women 1500-1900 (1974); Library Company's exhibition, Quarter of a Millennium (1981); Corcoran Gallery of Art's exhibition, Facing History, The Black Image in American Art, 1710-1940 (1990).
Creator: Jennings, Samuel, active 1789-1834
Date: 1792
Location: OBJ 250

Title: Suggestion Box
Description: A suggestion box with the face of a lion depicted and the words, "Gentlemen are Requested to deposit in the Lion's Mouth the titles of such Books as they may wish to have Imported" painted underneath., Made for the Library Company., Exhibited in, Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World (2005-2007).
Date: Ca. 1750
Location: OBJ 650

Title: W. Boell, practical lithographer and engraver, 311 Walnut Street Philadelphia Lithographic drawing, engraving & printing. Orders in all branches of the lithographic art executed in the best style
Description: Tradecard illustrated with two female allegorical figures representing Prosperity (left) and Art (right). Figure of Abundance wears a Roman-style gown, with one breast exposed, and rests one hand on a cornucopia filled with fruits and grains. She leans toward the direction of Art who wears netting in her hair and a draped gown. She holds a paint brush in one hand and a palette in the other. She looks toward Abundance. Grass, twigs, and bushes surround the figures. Boell, a French-born lithographer, worked in New York 1854-1858 before relocating to Philadelphia, where he was active until the 1880s. He operated from 311 Walnut Street circa 1859-circa 1865., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 107, Forms part of Specimens Album [P.9349].
Creator: Boell, William
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.151s]

Title: Breuker & Kessler lithographers, engravers & printers. S. W. corner 7th & Chestnut sts. Philadelphia. Particular attention paid to all kinds of commercial engraving
Description: Book advertisement containing landscape views, allegorical figures, and artist and printer's tools. Shows the allegorical figure Art as she leans on a pedestal that is covered in vines and displays a vase of flowers. She stands on a moss covered rock marked "Labels" that is surrounded by a stone tablet, possibly a lithographer's stone, inscribed "Manufacturers of Transferable Pictures"; a press machine; and a paint palette resting on a book. In the background, trees, hills, and a bridge spanning a river near townscape are visible. Breuker & Kessler, a partnership between George W. Breuker & Harry C. Kessler, operated circa 1867-1880., Not in Wainwright., Published in Edwin Freedley's Philadelphia and its manufactures: a hand-Book of the great manufactories and representative mercantile houses of Philadelphia, in 1867(Philadelphia: Edward Young & Co., 1867), opp. p. 134., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 7, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 39 B 750
Creator: Breuker & Kessler Co.
Date: [1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1867 Free 55213.O.134a

Title: "And Ruth said, intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God." Ruth 1-16
Description: Illustrated trade card based on a copy of the oil painting "Ruth and Naomi" by Philip Hermogenes Calderon., Advertising text printed on verso promotes the "Ruth and Naomi" lithographic reproduction as a souvenir for patrons who submit five "Hires' improved Root Beer!" labels., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *trade card - Hires [P.9592]

Title: First annual prize exhibition of the Philadelphia Sketch Club held at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts December 1865
Description: Poster containing seated figures incorporated into the lettering to promote the exhibition of the professional artists' club founded in 1860. Figures include a female muse working with a sketch, and cherubic boys sculpting a bust and painting from a palette. Letters designed as trees, vinery, and a fish tail., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 80, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871., Cresson, an illustrator, was an early member and served as secretary of the club 1863-1864.
Creator: Cresson, William Emlen, 1843-1868, artist
Date: [1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.75b]

Title: First annual prize exhibition of the Philadelphia Sketch Club held at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts December 1865
Description: Poster containing seated figures incorporated into the lettering to promote the exhibition of the professional artists' club founded in 1860. Figures include a female muse working with a sketch, and cherubic boys sculpting a bust and painting from a palette. Letters designed as trees, vinery, and a fish tail., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 80, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871., Cresson, an illustrator, was an early member and served as secretary of the club 1863-1864.
Creator: Cresson, William Emlen, 1843-1868, artist
Date: [1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.75b]

Title: First annual prize exhibition of the Philadelphia Sketch Club held at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts December 1865
Description: Poster containing seated figures incorporated into the lettering to promote the exhibition of the professional artists' club founded in 1860. Figures include a female muse working with a sketch, and cherubic boys sculpting a bust and painting from a palette. Letters designed as trees, vinery, and a fish tail., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 80, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871., Cresson, an illustrator, was an early member and served as secretary of the club 1863-1864.
Creator: Cresson, William Emlen, 1843-1868, artist
Date: [1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.75b]

Title: Drinker, John, 1760-1826
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date: August 1, 1794

Title: Garrison, Nicholas, 1750-
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date: April 26, 1775

Title: Harrold, Alfred, 1806-1844
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date: March 6, 1840

Title: Langenheim, Frederick, 1809-1879
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date: June 5, 1873

Title: Dorr, B. Dalton
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date: March 3, 1871

Title: Heap, George
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date: April 6, 1769-May 1, 1795

Title: Street, Robert, 1796-1865
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date: June 2, 1837

Title: Parrish, Stephen Maxfield, 1846-1938
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date: March 3, 1892

Title: Phenix Ins. Co. Nothing new under the sun
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting three western travelers in Egypt observing an image of a phoenix rising from flames (the Phenix Insurance Company's trademark) on the side of a large boulder. Travelers include a lady with a parasol seated on a camel, a man riding a donkey and another ma with a Phenix Ins. Co. policy in his back pocket hunched in front of the rock closely observing the image. Also shows two natives, an Egyptian woman pointing to the boulder and a naked man on top of the rock looking down at the travelers. The title mimics hieroglyphics in the rock adjacent to the phoenix. A caravan line is visible in the right background., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Phenix [1975.F.672]

Title: Haseltine Galleries
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a landscape view of a creek in the woods., Invitation printed on verso: Yourself and ladies are invited by Mr. Charles F. Haseltine to a private view of his new collection of paintings, at his galleries, 1516 Chestnut St., on Thursday evening, October 7th, 1880, from 7 1/2 to 11 o'clock., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: 1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Haseltine [1975.F.405]

Title: Souvenir de L'Exposition Universelle 1878
Description: Souvenir album containing captioned photographs of sites at the Paris Universal Exposition of 1878 held May 1-November 10, 1878 to celebrate the recovery of France following the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Includes Palais du Trocadéro designed by Gabriel Davioud and Jules Bourdais; Vue Générale du Palais du Champ de Mars; Palais du Champ de Mars; Galerie d'Iéna; Galerie des Machines; Pavillion de la Ville de Paris; Façade des Galeries des Beaux-Arts; Rue des Nations (facades to the international exhibitors inside the Palace of Industry); Façade de la Section Belge; Façade de la Section Chinoise; Le Palais Algérien; and Pavillon des Eaux et Forêts. Views include landscaping, a pond, a bridge, exhibit cases, and steam-operated machinery, including printing presses., Red morocco binding stamped with illustration designed by bookbinders Lofficiau & Munzinger. Illustration depicts the main building and grounds in the Champs de Mars (Palais du Champ de Mars). In the foreground, the allegorical female figure Ceres sits among tools, equipment, and symbols representing art, industry, and technology. Includes a camera, paint palette, locomotive, wheels, a distillery, compass, books, an anvil, and a caduceus., Inscribed on front free endpaper: Bertha C. Moras. A tiny memento of the visit to the Paris Exhibition of 1878., Gift of Michael Zinman., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Souvenirs [P.2008.36.44]

Title: Wagner & McGuigan's lithographic & steam power printing establishment Athenian Building, Franklin Place
Description: Directory advertisement containing an allegorical, patriotic scene. Shows the figure of Columbia, attired in a toga, American flag, and laurel wreath, with a broken shackle under her foot as she stands on a pedestal. She holds a sword in one hand beside an American eagle perched on a shield and a laurel wreath in the other in front of a sculpted bust of George Washington. The bust rests on a pedestal adorned with a fasces. A paint palette and brushes, compass, rolls of paper, and a banner reading "Encourage American Arts" rests at the feet of Columbia. Floral details frame the sides of the image. Thomas Wagner and James M'Guigan operated a lithographic studio as partners 1846-1858., Published in McElroy's Philadelphia directory, for 1856 (Philadelphia: Edward C. & John Biddle, 1856), frontispiece., Not in Wainwright., Names of artists from variant duplicate in Poulson's scrapbooks, Illustrations of Philadelphia, vol. 1., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 114
Creator: Wagner & M'Guigan
Date: [1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Dir Phila 1856 (58) 10840.O.frontispiece

Title: Specimen of chromo-lith. from P.S. Duval & Co.'s lithographic establishment, drawing on stone plain & color printing, Ranstead Place, west from 26 South 4th Street, Phila
Description: Frontispiece advertising the Philadelphia lithographic studio of P.S. Duval, which received an 1849 Franklin Institute medal for advancement in chromolithography. Contains allegorical, patriotic, romantic, and art-themed iconography. Includes a female allegorical figure, wearing a liberty cap, who holds a cornucopia under one arm, and raises a laurel wreath with the other. She stands on an American shield covered by a sword, palette, book, architectural plan, globe, and mallet. Also shows the American eagle, floral details, and two cherubs entwined in a banner reading "E Pluribus Unum.", Published in Catalogue of the twenty-third exhibition of American manufactures... (Philadelphia: William S. Young, 1853), frontispiece., Printed lower right corner: (See Page 491)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 84, Variant of illustration in Patent office report. Part 1. 1849. [P.2002.67.68]
Creator: Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879, artist
Date: 1853, c1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1853 Exhib 14181.O .5.frontispiece

Title: Chromo lithography
Description: Book illustration advertising the Philadelphia lithographic studio of P.S. Duval, which received an 1849 Franklin Institute medal for advancement in chromolithography. Contains allegorical, patriotic, romantic, and art-themed iconography. Includes a female allegorical figure, wearing a liberty cap, who holds a cornucopia under one arm, and raises a laurel wreath with the other. She stands on an American shield covered by a sword, palette, book, architectural plan, globe, and mallet. Also shows the American eagle, floral details, and two cherubs entwined in a banner reading "E Pluribus Unum.", Printed upper right corner: Patent Office Report. Part 1. 1849., Printed lower right corner: (See Page 491)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 10, Gift of Helen Beitler., Variant of frontispiece published in Catalogue of the twenty-third exhibition of American manufactures... (Philadelphia: William S. Young, 1853). [LCP Am 1853 Exhib 14181.O.5]
Creator: Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879, artist
Date: c1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Advertisements - D [P.2002.67.68]

Title: Philadelphia Sketch Club
Description: Souvenir print, or possibly design for a membership certificate, for the professional artists' club founded in 1860. Contains an oval-framed depiction of a near nude, slightly draped cherubic boy, holding a scroll under one arm, and an artist's tongs in his other hand, as he leans on a bust of Minerva. Includes a silhouette of the boy and bust. Clasp-shaped adornments containing filigree details flank the oval. Clasps adorned with a sketchbook and paint palette that enclose a pencil and paintbrush, respectively., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 187, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.69]

Title: Philadelphia Sketch Club
Description: Souvenir print, or possibly design for a membership certificate, for the professional artists' club founded in 1860. Contains an oval-framed depiction of a near nude, slightly draped cherubic boy, holding a scroll under one arm, and an artist's tongs in his other hand, as he leans on a bust of Minerva. Includes a silhouette of the boy and bust. Clasp-shaped adornments containing filigree details flank the oval. Clasps adorned with a sketchbook and paint palette that enclose a pencil and paintbrush, respectively., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 187, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.69]

Title: Applegate & Co. Publishers, booksellers & stationers, no. 43 Main Str. Cincinnati Copying presses and books. Blank books made to any pattern, paged, with or without printed headings. Notes, drafts, letter cap & note papers. Envelopes. Inks, pens, bankers cases. Sealing wax. Mucilage &c. bills of lading, railroad receipts, dray tickets, billheads, checks, drafts, notes, & cards printed to order. Publishers of: Clarks Commentary, Dicks Works, Rollins Anct. History, Plutarch's Lives, The Spectator, Webb's Monitor, &c
Description: Advertisement calendar for 1859-60 containing an allegorical vignette and pictorial details framing a calendar depicted as an architectural monument. Vignette shows a female figure, a harp at her side, drawing on a sketch pad as she looks above to a slightly open curtain. Landscape is visible in the distance. Pictorial details depict vinery and symbols of the arts and book and stationery trade, including a globe, paint palette, quill pens, compass, and the advertised books published by Applegate & Co., Inscribed in upper right corner: 55., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See also proof copy containing pasted overlay of vignette of a locomotive [P.9349.216a].
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.37b]

Title: [Stone statue of a man holding rearing horse]
Description: View showing a sculpture, possibly on display at the Cenntenial Exhibition in 1876., Written on negative: 438, Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Monuments and statues [P.9299.103]

Title: [Stone statue of seated man with reclining head]
Description: View showing a sculpture, possibly on display at the Cenntenial Exhibition in 1876., Written on negative: 442, Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Monuments and statues [P.9299.104]

Title: [James S. Earle & Son, looking glasses, 816 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: Interior view of the first floor of Earle's shop. Walls are lined with elaborately framed mirrors and works of art, and several statues. Includes staff and customers, and the stairway to the upper gallery. Earle dealt in looking glasses and picture frames, and sold original works of art and prints., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - business [(7)1322.F.57e]

Title: [Caleb O. Childs residence, 9201 Germantown Avenue, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view of home of Caleb Childs, "gentleman," and his wife Sarah. Built circa 1860, served as a private residence until 1940 when it was opened to the public as an art gallery. Became the Woodmere Art Museum in 1985., Yellow mount with square corners., Manuscript note on verso: 102 C.O. Child Chestnut Hill 1866., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date: 1866
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - residences [P.9486.4]

Title: [James S. Earle & Son, looking glasses, 816 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: Interior view showing the upper gallery of Earle's store. Earle dealt in looking glasses and picture frames, and sold original works of art and prints. Image shows four men standing around the mezzanine railing. Framed paintings and other works of art are displayed on the walls., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth-century Photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1980.), plate 110., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - businesses [(8)1322.F.33d]

Title: [Art Alliance at 251 S. 18th St., formerly the Wetherill Residence, Philadelphia]
Description: View of ornate arch framing door to the Art Alliance at 251 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia, built in 1906 as the residence of Samuel P. Wetherill. In 1926, it became the home of the Philadelphia Art Alliance, the oldest multi-disciplinary arts center in the United States., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: An ornate but interesting doorway. Excellent proportions and carvings of exquisite workmanship. In the style of the renessance [sic]. 18 St. bet[ween] Spruce and Locust Sts. Renaisssance., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 141 [P.8513.141], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson141.htm

Title: [Asian decorative motifs]
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting Asian decorative motifs, including bamboo, a crane, and a fan. In the left a dragonfly flies over a stalk of bamboo. In the center is a large Asian character, possibly meant to be Chinese, surrounded by a geometric border. In ther right, a crane stands on one leg among reeds and a hand-held fan is spread open., Title supplied by cataloger., Date based on medium and content., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Misc [1975.F.1034]

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