The stonecutter holds a mallet and chisel and stands in front of a large slab of stone which the text suggests is a sarcophagus. He sticks out his tongue and has sharp teeth., Text: What a sweet face is here display'd -- / To charm a young girl, a widow or maid, / Oh! St. Valentine, run away quick, / From this beauteous visage, that makes one sick. / Hammer away! my cutter of stones, / Be they for living or dead men's bones; / Ply the mallet and chisel-- look grim, / What will it matter for her or for him., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Shows a man laying down and reading near a sarcophagus in the cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Also shows rows of monuments and headstones in the background., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title from label on negative., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Union View Co.
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo -Union View Company - Cemeteries [P.9963.4]
View includes a man standing by the sarcophagus. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman., White paper mount with square corners., 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.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date
ca. 1863
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.45b]
Print depicting a monument to Major John André. Shows a sarcophagus with Britannia weeping as she holds a shield with the Union Jack. In the left is a lion. Below is a tableau depicting the capture of Major André, who is led away by two men as he points to a woman and child in the right. In the left, a messenger hands General George Washington, surrounded by soldiers, an envelope. Soldiers march in the background. The sarcophagus rests on a pedestral that reads, "Sacred to the Memory, Major John Andre", Title from item., Date from periodical publication it was illustrated in: The Universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure . London : Published [...] according to Act of Parliament, for John Hinton, 1782 December, p. 329., Gift of David Doret.
Date
[1782]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Monuments and Statues - André [P.2010.6.29]
