View of the Susquehanna River near Northumberland, Pa. Shows the Susquehanna River flowing with several bridges crossing over it. Buildings and houses of Northumberland are visible along the shoreline. Mountains rise in the background., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Text printed beneath image: Aus. d. Kunstanst, d. Bibli. Instit. in Hildbh.; Eigenthum d. Verleger., Gift of David Doret.
Creator
Rottmann, A, engraver
Date
[ca. 1835.]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Views - U.S. - Pennsylvania - Northumberland [P.2010.6.31]
Lithograph showing a view of a river. On the left is a rocky outcropping covered in foliage. On the right the river curves and disappears into the background while two men push a canoe away from shore., Printed lower left: 2., Title from inscription lower right., Date based on publication date of series: North American Foliage and Trees., First word in title on print in lower case: below., Gift of David Doret., See Nicholas B. Wainwright, "Augustus Kollner, Artist" in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 84 (1960) 325-351.
Creator
Kollner, Augustus, 1812-1906, artist
Date
1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC-Views-United States-Pennsylvania [P.2010.35.6]
View of the Kanawha River at Hawks Nest or Marshalls Pillar near Ansted, West Virginia. In the right foreground, shows three men fishing on a large rock. The large Kanawha River flows towards the viewer. Trees grow along the shorelines and on the cliffs that rise in the background. The area was called Marshalls Pillar after Chief Justice John Marshall, who visited. By the Civil War, the area was named Hawks Nest. It was established as a State Park in 1935., Title from item., Date inferred from active dates of the lithographer and content., Text printed below image: Measuring 1200 feet from the top of the cliff to the river beneath., Gift of David Doret.
Creator
Bowen, John T, approximately 1801-1856?, lithographer
Date
[ca. 1840]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Views - United States - Virginia [P.2010.35.7]
View depicting the Silver Cascade in the White Mountains of New Hamshire. Shows water flowing down the mountain. Two men fish at the edge of the water, and a man and a woman look on at the falls. Trees grow along the shoreline and cliffs., Title and date from item., Text printed below image: Cascade d’argent, dans le ravin des montagnes blanches. Die silbercascade in der thalenge der weissen berge., Gift of David Doret.
Creator
Havell, Frederick James, 1801-1840, engraver
Date
1839
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Views - U.S. - New Hampshire [P.2010.6.27]
View depicting the large waterfall of the Genesee River at Rochester, New York. In the center, shows the water rushing down the hill and towards the viewer. Cliffs jut out in the left and in the right. In the background, several buildings are visible., Title from item., Date inferred from active dates of the lithographer., Gift of David Doret.
Creator
Bufford’s Lith
Date
[ca. 1838]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Views - U.S. - New York - Genesee [P.2010.6.28]
Lithograph showing a stream coursing through the landscape, finally flowing under a bridge in the background. In the foreground, there is an island in the middle of the stream with three trees. In the right, a horse lowers his head to drink. A horse-drawn covered wagon travels over the bridge in the background., Title from inscription lower right., Date based on publication date of series: North American Foliage and Trees., First word in title on print in lower case: near., Gift of David Doret., See Nicholas B. Wainwright, "Augustus Kollner, Artist" in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 84 (1960) 325-351.
Creator
Kollner, Augustus, 1812-1906, artist
Date
1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC-Views-United States-Pennsylvania [P.2010.35.3]
Lithograph showing a view of a river with a large tree in the foreground. To the left of the tree, two men push a raft away from shore. A house is visible on the far bank of the river and above it are a few wispy clouds., Printed lower left: 9., Title from inscription lower right., Date based on publication date of series: North American Foliage and Trees., First word in title on print in lower case: near., Gift of David Doret., See Nicholas B. Wainwright, "Augustus Kollner, Artist" in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 84 (1960) 325-351.
Creator
Kollner, Augustus, 1812-1906, artist
Date
1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC-Views-United States-Pennsylvania [P.2010.35.5]
