Exterior view of the clubhouse known as The Castle of the Fishing Company of the State in Schuylkill. Shows men spread out across the grounds, some sitting at a table outside, others walking in the woods near the clubhouse and stables. Two men stand with a dog at the edge of the river, looking toward a man in a rowboat in the foreground. Association formed in 1732 for hunting and fishing, originally on "Eaglesfield" the old estate of William Warner on the western bank of the Schuylkill River. Construction of the Fairmount Dam circa 1822 forced the clubhouse to rebuild their home near Gray's Ferry, across the river from Bartram's Garden on Rambo's Rock., First published in American turf register and sporting magazine, 1, No.5, opposite p. 217 (January, 1830), and then as frontspiece in William Milnor, Jr.'s An authentic historical memoir of the Schuylkill Fishing Company (Philadelphia: Published by Judah Dobson, 1830)., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 84, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1830 Mil 7130.O.frontispiece copy 2 & 3; Per A 184 16783.O v. 1., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: in Am 1830 Mil Ap83 M66 copy 1 & 2 and Wi.2., Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 21:50. Includes: "Lithd. for the Americana Turf Register & Sporting Magazine."
Creator
Swett, Moses, artist
Date
[1830]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare W369 [Am 1830 Mil 7130.O.frontispiece copy 2], Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare W369 [Am 1830 Mil 7130.O.frontispiece copy 3], Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare W369 [Per A 184 16783.O.opp217 v. 1], http://www.lcpimages.org/wainwright/W369.htm
