Depicts Benjamin Franklin during his kite experiment in a meadow near a dwelling in Philadelphia in 1752. Shows Franklin holding the string of the kite on which a key is tied. His twenty-one year old son, William, anachronistically shown as a boy, assists him. A lightening bolt crosses the sky., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 278, Library of Congress: PGA - Currier & Ives--Franklin's experiment ... (A size) [P&P]. LOC holds two copies, one tinted.
Date
c1876
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Currier & Ives--Franklin's experiment ... (A size) [P&P], Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Currier & Ives--Franklin's experiment ... (A size) [P&P] Tinted
Proof print containing a montage of 14 vignettes (12 captioned) separated by borders of branches and garlands. Vignettes depict the "Custom House," West Philadelphia stand pipe (Twenty-Fourth Ward Water Works), "Independence Hall," Spark's shot tower, Merchants' "Exchange," "Insane Asylum," "Naval Asylum," "Pennsylvania "Hospital," "Philadelphia" near the Naval yard on the Delaware River, "Alms House," "Fair Mount" at the water works, "Girard College," and Eastern State "Penitentiary." Vignettes also include street, maritime, and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, wagons, and omnibuses; sail boats, skiffs, and steam boats; and laborers with hand carts and individuals on horseback. Also contains pictorial details showing an American eagle and shield, William Penn, and a Native American., Title and publication information from published duplicate., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 569, Library of Congress: DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen prints 23 (AA size) Philadelphia, See published copy DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen - 93 prints (AA size) Philadelphia
Creator
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen prints 23 (AA size) Philadelphia
Print containing a montage of 14 vignettes (12 captioned) separated by borders of branches and garlands. Vignettes depict the "Custom House," West Philadelphia stand pipe (Twenty-Fourth Ward Water Works), "Independence Hall," Spark's shot tower, Merchants' "Exchange," "Insane Asylum," "Naval Asylum," "Pennsylvania "Hospital," "Philadelphia" near the Naval yard on the Delaware River, "Alms House," "Fair Mount" at the water works, "Girard College," and Eastern State "Penitentiary." Vignettes also include street, maritime, and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, wagons, and omnibuses; sail boats, skiffs, and steam boats; and laborers with hand carts and individuals on horseback. Also contains pictorial details showing an American eagle and shield, William Penn, and a Native American., Distributor's imprint printed on recto: For Sale by Drovin & Co., 38 S. 3rd Phila., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 569.1, Drovin & Co. was a Philadelphia stationery business., Library of Congress: DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen - 93 prints (AA size) Philadelphia, See proof DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen prints 23 (AA size) Philadelphia
Creator
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen - 93 prints (AA size) Philadelphia
