Originally published as plate 6 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2206 and in *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator
Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846., creator
Date
c1840, 1848.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W373-4.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W373.4 [P.2206]
Location: Twenty-first and Fairmount Avenue., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Date
1855.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W401.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W401 [P.2216]
Location: Twenty-first and Fairmount Avenue., Attributed to James Queen., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Membership certificate for the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons containing a view of Eastern State Penitentiary and a portrait of William White.
Creator
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 artist., creator
Date
ca. 1858.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W396.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W396 [P.2214]
Exterior view of the manufactory operated from 1849 until 1860 by William Hart and A.J. Montgomery at Schuylkill Front (i.e., Twenty-second) and Wood Streets depicted within a lithographed tromp l'oeil wood frame. A horse-drawn cart stands idle by a side entrance of the multi-storied factory and four goats roam a nearby yard. Smaller factory buildings are visible to the right. Horse-drawn delivery carts, one steered by an African American man, travel pass each other on the adjacent street. Pedestrians and laborers walk the sidewalks and converse near a street lamp. Eastern State Penitentiary is visible in the background. During the mid-nineteenth century, Philadelphia was the premier American city of fine wallpaper production., Title from item., Date of publication supplied by Wainwright., Accessioned 1982., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 344, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Rease, a prominent mid-19th century Philadelphia trade card lithographer known to highlight details of human interest in his advertisements, partnered with Francis H. Schell in the 1850s and eventually operated his own press until around 1872.
Creator
Rease, W. H., artist
Date
[ca. 1852]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W169 [P.2072]
