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- Title
- [Mrs. James Queen]
- Description
- Half-length portrait of Sarah Queen (b. ca. 1825), wife of lithographer James Queen, in a seated pose., Not in Wainwright., Library of Congress: DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen - 9 prints/10 drawings/1 photo (A size) Mrs. James Queen, Philadelphia on Stone
- Creator
- Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1855]
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen - 9 prints/10 drawings/1 photo (A size) Mrs. James Queen
- Title
- Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions, for spring & summer 1855. Published and sold by F. Mahan, no. 211 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
- Description
- Fashion advertisement containing two paneled scenes of 22 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. Eight men, a woman, and two boys socialize in clusters of three and four. The men and boys predominately wear suits, and the woman wears a ruffled layered dress with full skirt and as well as a bonnet. The other male figures wear a bed jacket and cap (man) and a dress with sash over bloomers (boy). A large vanity and two chairs furnish the room decorated with framed paintings, carpet, drapery, and wallpaper. Lower panel shows the outdoor scene set before an oceanside. Eight men, including "His Excellency A. Johnson" and "L. Hyneman Proprietor of Masonic Mirror," two boys, and a woman descend upon and stand on the stone pier. Six of the men wear suits, including overcoats. The two other men wear a riding outfit and a hunting outfit, including a rifle. The boys, one in pantaloons playing with a hoop and the other in pants, also were jackets. The woman wears a riding outfit. Most of the men are clean-shaven and all the men in the outdoor scene wear or hold hats., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 162, Library of Congress: LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Fashions Spring Summer 1855
- Date
- c1855
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Fashions Spring Summer 1855
- Title
- Franklin's experiment, June 1752 Demonstrating the identity of lightning and electricty, from which he invented the lightning rod
- Description
- 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
- Title
- The directory and prefect of the Sodality of St. Joseph's Church, Philada. To all who shall see the present letters greeting in the Lord
- Description
- Confirmation certificate containing allegorical and religious scenes and vignettes set within a border designed as an arch adorned with ornamentations and vinery. Scenes show the confirmation ceremonies for a group of boys and a group of girls, and a view of heaven with the Holy Mother receiving those who have departed the earth. Includes angels, some holding the banner "I.H.S. Behold Thy mother" surrounding the Mother of God who receives men, a woman, and child attired in Reniassance garb. Additional imagery includes an altar boy holding a crucifix, a female harpist, and a framed, vignette depiction of the Holy Mother encircled by text reading "Soldality of B.V.M. St. Joseph's Church Phia.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 185, Library of Congress: DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Sodality
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
- Date
- 1860
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Sodality
- Title
- Philadelphia, Paris & New-York fashions, for spring & summer 1854
- Description
- Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 20 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. Eight men, a woman, and a boy socialize in clusters of three and four. The men and boy wear suits, many with paisley-patterned pants, and the woman wears a patterned dress with full skirt and tassels as well as a bonnet. A large mirror on a stand, several chairs, and chaise lounges furnish the room decorated with carpet, drapery, and wallpaper. Lower panel shows the outdoor scene set before "The New Masonic Temple, Chestnut St., Phila." Six men, including clothing store proprietor Francis Mahan, two girls , a boy, and a woman stand on the street block. Four of the men wear suits, including one with an overcoat. Another man, with a girl in a skirt and bloomers standing at his side, wears a hunting oufit and holds a rifle. The woman comprises part of a couple attired in riding outfits who are flanked by a boy dressed in a suit, a girl wearing a skirt and bloomers, and the man with the overcoat. Most of the men wear mutton chops, including three with mustaches., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 546, LOC copy uncolored., Library of Congress: PGA - Duval--Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions (D size) [P&P] Fashions Spring Summer 1854
- Date
- c1854
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Duval--Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions (D size) [P&P] Fashions Spring Summer 1854