View showing the Schuylkill River and wooded grounds near the country seat above Philadelphia (West Fairmount Park) of Judge Richard Peters. The estate, originally purchased by William Peters in 1742 was used as a working model farm by his son Richard until Richard's death in 1828. Subsequently, the estate was utilized by the railroad, an oil refinery, and a country resort before purchased by the city in 1869 for inclusion in Fairmount Park. View includes a wood shack near a grove of trees., Gift of Mrs. S. Marguerite Brenner.
Creator
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date
[1809]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch Country Seats pl-16a [P.9057.55.16a]
View showing the estate house at the country seat of Judge Richard Peters known as Belmont above Philadelphia (West Fairmount Park). The estate, originally purchased by William Peters in 1742 was used as a working model farm by his son Richard until Richard's death in 1828. Subsequently, the estate was utilized by the railroad, an oil refinery, and a country resort before purchased by the city in 1869 for inclusion in Fairmount Park., Title from from manuscript note on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator
W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date
ca. 1862
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Residences [(3)1322.F.50d]
Landscape views showing "Belmont Prospect (1848)"; "Above Girard Bridge East"; and "Above Columbia Bridge." Includes a man on horseback approaching the residence, on the plateau, at Belmont, the former estate of Judge Richard Peters; a distant view of the Columbia Bridge (completed 1834) across the Schuylkill River; park visitors; cliffs; rock formations; and trees. Belmont was the country seat of Peters until his death in 1828., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 372a, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 61 K 8346.86, Kollner advertised in 1878 four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator
Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date
[ca. 1878]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 61 K 8346.86
Exterior views of house and music pavilion built for William Peters. Construction of the main block of the house began in 1743 but was not completed until circa 1751., Contains 9 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., William Peters was a landowner and attorney from Liverpool, England. He held several offices in Philadelphia including Clerk of the Admiralty Court, Notary Public, and Prothonotary of the Superior Court. Belmont Mansion was one of several properties owned by Peters in Philadelphia. He gave the property to his son, Judge Richard Peters, when he returned to England in 1768., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Belmont - 78]
View showing the estate house at the country seat of Judge Richard Peters known as Belmont above Philadelphia (West Fairmount Park). The estate, originally purchased by William Peters in 1742 was used as a working model farm by his son Richard until Richard's death in 1828. Subsequently, the estate was utilized by the railroad, an oil refinery, and a country resort before purchased by the city in 1869 for inclusion in Fairmount Park., Title printed and in manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint and publication information from duplicate [(3)1322.F.50d]., Printed on verso: 25 cents each., Yellow mount with square corners., William Peters was a landowner and attorney from Liverpool, England. He held several offices in Philadelphia including Clerk of the Admiralty Court, Notary Public, and Prothonotary of the Superior Court. Belmont Mansion was one of several properties owned by Peters in Philadelphia. He gave the property to his son, Judge Richard Peters, when he returned to England in 1768., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator
W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Residences [8424.F.9]
This collection consists of six volumes of writings by Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson who is considered to be the outstanding female poet of her place and time, and a leader in the literary world of colonial Pennsylvania. These volumes, which date from 1752 to 1799, are arranged alphabetically by title.
