Anachronistic view showing two ladies and two gentlemen, wearing mid-19th-century attire, on a walkway, surrounded by trees, below the waterworks in Fairmount Garden, i.e. Fairmount Park. Also shows garden visitors near a water fountain and the Upper Ferry Bridge (i.e., Lancaster Schuylkill Bridge) over the Schuylkill River in the background. The bridge erected 1809-1812 with Robert Mills serving as architect, and Lewis Wernwag as engineer, burned in 1838., Contains partial label pasted on verso: From George S[?] Practical b[?] Polsloe., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 232, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Also issued as sheet music cover by Brewer & Co., 23, Bishopsgate St. witihin E.C. titled "The American Quadrille" by Stephen Glover.
Creator
Brandard, John, 1812-1863, artist
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Parks [7970.F]