Shows the arched gateway entrance to the cemetery chartered in 1840 on the former estate of botanist William Hamilton at 3900 Woodland Avenue in West Philadelphia. View includes a carriage passing under the arch and two families, one entering and one exiting, both attired in black. The entranceway, built after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., was razed in 1936., Frontispiece to The charter, by-laws and regulations of the Woodlands Cemetery Company, with a list of lot holders (Philadelphia: James B. Chandler, printer, 1857)., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 866, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1857 Phi Woo Cem 16256.O.1., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ws*.161
Creator
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date
1857
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare W470 [Am 1857 Phi Woo Cem 16256.O.1.frontispiece], http://www.lcpimages.org/wainwright/W470.htm