Block numbered in two places: 719 ; another number on side of block has been defaced., Image of an unidentified flower., Housed with fragment of another stereotype., , Provenance:, , Variant:
Block numbered in two places: 8454., Image of an unidentified flower., "V. Grottenthaler, 402 Library St Phila." [?]--Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1869 to 1876., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Block numbered in two places: 7859., Image of a flower with roots. Also depicted is the flower in bloom and in bud., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Block numbered in one place: 5819., Image of a very young child holding a bunch of flowers., Signed: Van Ingen-Snyder. Van Ingen & Snyder, a partnership between William H. Van Ingen and Henry M. Snyder, was active between 1853 and 1871.
Block numbered in two places: 7891., Image of an unidentified flower, in close-up and distant, along with depictions of the flower’s buds open and closed., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Block numbered in three places: 7870., Image of an unidentified flower, with details of the buds., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Block numbered in one place: 1756., Image of an unidentified flower, with blossom or fruit., "Branston" -- stamped on side of block. Note: at least two engravers named Branston worked in London in the 19th century., Block damaged: wood base has ca. 1 cm. loss in height.
Block numbered in one place: 4924., Image of a flower in a natural setting., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila.” -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856.
Block numbered in two places: 8516., Image of large trees and flowers separated by stick fences; a path weaves through and there may be houses visible through the trees; a fortification or bridge is visible on top of a hill beyond the trees., Signed: Hele-Sattler. Hele & Sattler, a partnership between William J. Hele (b. ca. 1857) and Julius C. Sattler (1855-1916), was active between circa 1877 and circa 1886., "V. Grottenthaler, Phila." – Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) in Philadelphia city directories from 1867 to 1876.
Block numbered in two places: 7976., Image of a blooming flower in the foreground, and a tree in the background., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Block numbered in at least one place: 5284., Image of a single hydrangea., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila.” [?] -- Back of block, but mostly obscured by the paper. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856., Illustration appears in Rhymes for the nursery (Philadelphia, 1865), p. 51, Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Block numbered in two places: 9740., Image of stylized ferns and flowers, possibly lilacs., "V. Grottenthaler Co., Phila, PA."--Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) in Philadelphia city directories from 1869 to 1876.
Block numbered in one place: 9340., Image of a tall unidentified flower, with an unidentified bird perched on the stalk., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Block numbered in two places: 7524, also 1688 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of two girls, one entering a room from the outside through a door and the other seated inside; the latter holds flowers in her hands and sits in front of a bush or small tree, suggesting that she may be in an indoor nursery., "V. Grottenthaler, 402 Library St Phila." – Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1869 to 1876.
Block numbered in one place: 7677., Image of a single rose., Illustration appears in The Union primer, or, First book for children... (Philadelphia, between 1875 and 1893?), p. 7., "V. Grot…, 40…"--Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) in Philadelphia city directories from 1869 to 1876.
Block numbered in two places: 7592., Image of a rose in bloom, with several other buds on the plant., "V. Grottenthaler, 402 Library St Phila."-- Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1869 to 1876.
Block numbered in two places: 8366., Image of a girl picking flowers in an outdoor setting. The girl appears to be in front of a clothesline, with a building in the background., Illustration appears in The flower-mission, and what grew out of it (Philadelphia, 1893?), p. 33. This title was listed in the American Sunday-School Union catalogue for 1893. Caption of illustration -- "There isn't a single bright flower for my bouquet.", Signed in reverse: HM Snyder., "V. Grottenthaler Co., Phila, PA." -- Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) in Philadelphia city directories from 1869 to 1876., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Trade card contains vignette depicting a homestead view framed by pictorial details, including flowers and a blue bird., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.32]
Specimen trade card containing floral imagery., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.19]
View of a flower arrangement adorned with butterflies in a vase on a table covered with a patterned cloth., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Mr. Saul Koltnow., E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. was one of the largest suppliers of photographic apparatus in the second half of the nineteenth century. Their business moved from 501 Broadway to 591 Broadway in 1869.
Date
[ca. 1872]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Anthony - Decoration and Ornamentation [P.9022.10]
Block numbered in three places: 6659; also numbered 666[?]; irregular shape (re-used?)., Image of a decorative border of what appear to be leaves and small flowers.
Block numbered in two places: 8364, also 1100 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a woman bending to hand a small bunch of flowers to a girl; the woman holds a pair of scissors in her other hand, and wears a bustled dress and a straw hat with a wide ribbon tied around it; the girl carries a basket and wears a small hat with a ribbon tied around it; the pair appear to be in a garden or wooded area., Signed: HM Snyder [i.e. Henry M. Snyder], “V Grottenthaler [?] Phila” – Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) in Philadelphia city directories from 1867 to 1876.
Block numbered in two places: 2217, also 1180 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a girl holding her apron or overskirt up with one hand and holding the branch of a tree with another hand, perhaps picking small fruits, nuts, or flowers; beside her on the ground is a basket with a sunbonnet in it., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down piece of paper.
Numbered in two places: 5224., Image of a seated woman handing flowers to a boy in bed., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856.
Glass negative showing a field of Easter lilies bordered by a row of leafy shrubs. Trees grow behind the field., Photographer remarks: Slightly overtimed., Time: 12:30, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
April 3, 1889
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1495]
Block numbered in two places: 5631, also 1190 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a small girl watering flowers while a woman stands over her and point; the fence behind them suggests a yard or garden, but there appears to be a stone, perhaps a tombstone, behind the plant., Signed: HD [i.e., Henry Dacre?]
Block numbered in two places: 9206, also 1831 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a girl in profile in the center of a circle; around the circle are flowers and branches, geometric designs, what appears to be the top of a castle in the distance, and the words “May” and “Will”; at the bottom of the block are the words “Of such truthful simple hearts / The Kingdom is of Heaven”, from the poem “Little Will” by R.R. Thom., “John Dalziel, 1009 Arch St. Philad’a.” – Back of block., “V. Grottenthaler Phila.” – Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) in Philadelphia city directories from 1867 to 1876.
Album with locks of hair sewn onto the pages in loops of stylized flowers with colored drawings of flowers. The hair was assembled by Margaret Williams. Family names contained in the book are: Williams, Barmore, Mary, Washburn, Lee, Holden, Pullen, Armstrong, Darlen, Underhill, McIntyre, Rasnell, Halsted, Marshall, Philips, and Smith., Exhibited in: the Library Company's exhibition, Picturing Women (2004) ; and the Living Book: New Perspectives on Form and Function (2017-2018).
Specimen showing a bunch of flowers. Cornices contain rose details. George S. Harris established his printing business, which specialized in labels, in 1847. In 1852, he relocated to Fourth and Vine Streets where he operated as George S. Harris until 1872 when he partnered with his son George T. Harris and renamed the business George Harris & Son., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 85, Forms part of Specimens Album [P.9349].
Creator
Harris, George S.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.171i]
Border frames unprinted area and includes allegorical vignettes representing summer, fall, winter, and spring interspersed among floral details. Shows summer as a female figure holding a cornucopia and flanked by a cherubic-like figure holding a bundle of wheat; fall as male and female figures holding a basket of fruit, a goblet, and a baton adorned with a pine cone; winter as an older, bearded male blowing wind from his mouth accompanied by an older female figure in a hooded robe; and summer as a near nude male figure holding a wreath of flowers beside a female figure in Roman garb on whose finger a bird is perched. Vignettes also include a ribbon pictorial detail that envelopes the figures. Unprinted area contains glue residue., Inscribed lower left corner: 121., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.70]
Border frames unprinted area and includes allegorical vignettes representing summer, fall, winter, and spring interspersed among floral details. Shows summer as a female figure holding a cornucopia and flanked by a cherubic-like figure holding a bundle of wheat; fall as male and female figures holding a basket of fruit, a goblet, and a baton adorned with a pine cone; winter as an older, bearded male blowing wind from his mouth accompanied by an older female figure in a hooded robe; and summer as a near nude male figure holding a wreath of flowers beside a female figure in Roman garb on whose finger a bird is perched. Vignettes also include a ribbon pictorial detail that envelopes the figures. Unprinted area contains glue residue., Inscribed lower left corner: 121., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.70]
Illustrated ticket to "Admit a Lady to the Stated Meetings of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society on the Third Thursday evening of each month Available for One Year ending Septr. 1855. This will also serve for a single admission to a Lady or Gentleman at the Annual Exhibition." Text framed by garlands of flowers. The society organized in 1827 with the mission "to inspire a taste for one of the most rational and pleasing amusements of man.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Forms part of Scrapbook of Ephemera [8608.F].
Creator
Illman & Sons, engraver
Date
[1855]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Scrapbook [8608.F.4b]
Illustrated ticket containing an allegorical scene set in lush surroundings. Shows the figure of Pennsylvania under an arch covered in vinery and attended by cherubic-like boys holding baskets of produce above their heads. The society organized in 1827 with the mission "to inspire a taste for one of the most rational and pleasing amusements of man.", Issued to [H.?] J. Sharpless., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Forms part of Scrapbook of Ephemera [8608.F].
Date
[1855]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Scrapbook [8608.F.4c]
Album page with an embossed border and containing a drawing of forget-me-nots. Shows a sprig of red and blue flowers, and red and blue buds, as well as green leaves. Border is composed of ornament details., Title from album page., Date inferred from complementary entries in album., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Douglass, was an artist, prominent Quaker member of the Philadelphia African American elite community, educator, and anti-slavery activist.
Creator
Douglass, S. M. (Sarah Mapps), 1806-1882, artist
Date
[ca. 1843]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Martina Dickerson album [13859.Q.83]
Film negative showing a view of a flowering shrub at Pocono Lake. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., July 30 - August 1, 1909., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
1909
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.375]
Family chart containing floral, sentimental, allegorical, and landscape vignettes within twelve framed oval insets for portrait photographs. Vignettes include views of country homes, trees in full foliage, vases of flowers, allegorical female figures for spring and fall, and children at play. Ovals bordered by notations that read age, stature, weight, complexion, eyes, hair, form, and education. Vignettes separated by floral and vine details. Also contains tables for "Births"; "Marriages"; and death captioned "Oh Grave Where is Thy Victory. Oh Death Where is Thy Sting" and angels, a cherubic figure, and scenes of mourning., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by Roberts & Wheeler in New Jersey., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 67, Library of Congress: PGA - Haehnlen--Family record (D size) [P&P]
Creator
Sharp, A.C, artist
Date
c1870
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Haehnlen--Family record (D size) [P&P]
Scrapbook containing predominantly clipped book and periodical illustrations, including a number of vignettes engraved by W. E. Tucker after the work of Thomas Birch, showing European and American landscapes and landmarks, animal portraiture, and genre and Biblical scenes. Landscape and landmark views mainly depict the Eastern United States and Great Britain. Titles include Passaic Falls; Bandit's Home; The Woodlands, near Philadelphia-Seat of J. Lisle Esq.; Philadelphia from the Elm Tree, Kensington; The Prison at Venice; Abbey Gate of St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk; The Little Irish Girl; The City of Pompeii; The Deluge; The Three Maries at the Tomb of Christ; The Residence of Samuel Breck Esq. on the Schuylkill; Barlborough Hall, Derbyshire; Church Street, St Paul's Church & the Cemetery Gate of St. Augustine's Monastery, Canterbury; The Happy Family; and Plate XV from a 1782 edition of Don Quixote. Several of the views contain persons on foot, images of estates or rural life, farm animals, and modes of transportation on land or sea. Animal portraitures depict birds, sheep, goats, cows, and a wolf. Scrapbook also contains early European landscape lithographs designed by J. Rothmuller and G. Englemann; a lithograph signed with the monogram JPL; illustrated title pages from Oliver Goldsmith's "The Traveler" and William Shenstone's "The School Mistress"; a portrait of Elizabeth Fry; cutouts depicting a tiger and a Moses-like figure; watercolor and gouache drawings of flowers, a butterfly and a ruins; a pressed feather; and three newspaper clippings referring to poets M. LaMartine, Lady Flora Hastings, and Felicia Hemans., Title supplied by cataloger., Label pasted on inside front cover: A. R. Poole, Fancy Stationer, 66 Chestnut St., Philada., Some pages contain paste marks from removed items., Various artists, including T. Doughty, T. Birch, J. V. Barber, P. Dewint, B. K. Fox, L. T. Lee, J. Martin, J. Rothmuller, Charles Barber, Joseph Fussell, R. Westall, G. S. Newton, A. Mosses, B. West, Geo. Shepherd, John Boaden, and Stothard., Various engravers, including W. E. Tucker, W. Miller, C. G. Childs, J. Lybrand, Hall, Charles Pye, Robert Brandard, Mottram, J. W. Steel, J. B. Longacre, E. Smith, J. Neagle, H. Adlard, Hamilton, and William Blake., Various printers and publishers, including Engelmann, Whittaker & Co., Joyce Gold, Pendleton, and Harrison & Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Binding in poor condition., Mary Rebecca Darby Smith (1814-1886) was the daughter of Philadelphia Quakers Hannah Logan Fisher (1777-1846) and James Smith (d. 1826) and great great granddaughter of scholar and William Penn's secretary James Logan. Smith, known as an eccentric, never married and traveled widely from the mid to late 19th century. Between 1859 and 1886, she resided in Washington, D.C (1859-1861) and traveled to Europe (1860-1870; 1874-1876; 1880-1886), including the British Isles, Rome, Venice, Paris and St. Petersburg. She was also an autograph collector, author, poet, and socialite. Smith died and was buried in London in November 1886. Her estate was valued at over $30,000 and she left several bequests, including to the Library Company, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and friends throughout the East coast of the United States, Europe, and Russia.
Creator
Smith, Mary Rebecca Darby
Date
ca. 1782-ca. 1835
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 4-Alcove 2 [Is 6 1536.Q, vol. 1]
Die-cut trade card shaped as a flower promoting the firm in operation under the name Krell-French 1896-1905. Card adorned with separate die-cut butterfly., Distributor's stamp on verso: H.C. Wagner Co. Pianos. 3425 Germantown Ave. Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1900]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.29]
Certificate for the fraternal organization containing a border of vignettes depicting symbols of temperance and honor. Includes a scene of a mother giving her child water from a fountain, and images of flowers, a tree, a pair of hearts and clasped hands, a pedestal marked "Temperance," a bowl, and a mirror. Also shows details of vinery interspersed between the vignettes. The National Temple of Honor and Temperance was organized in 1846., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr.
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.25a]
Proof of circular containing floral pictorial details. Front cover shows a bouquet of flowers. Back cover shows a a frame of flowers surrounding a cherub holding a bow and arrow. Also contains a border depicted as twigs entwined with ribbon printed with the names of different scents. Scents include musk, maize flower, and Parisian., Cataloging 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 albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.104c]
