Landscape view showing a rocky cliff along the river. Trees grow on and near the rock formation. In the background, a row boat passes near the opposite shore where two cows stand. A residence is visible further up the riverbank., Etched in image: Schuylkill Riv. Phila., Etched in image and printed below image: 10., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 529, Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. 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
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Rivers - Schuylkill [P.9165]
Bucolic scene showing an elegantly attired couple crossing the creek over a red foot bridge bolstered by stone abutments. Another couple, partially obscured by a tree, stands on the banks. The women wear bustles. The lush valley is visible in the background., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00013, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 203, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 39:53
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 39:53
Uncut sheet of landscape views showing "Below Girard Bridge, East"; "East of Columbia Bridge"; "Above Columbia Bridge"; "Ravine near Reservoir East"; "At South Laurel Hill"; "Belmont Prospect (1848)"; "East of Girard Bridge (1857)";"West of Wire Bridge (1842)"and "Above Girard Bridge East." 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; a horse-drawn wagon and man on horseback crossing the Old Girard Avenue Bridge; a mule driver in front of a hotel, possibly the Upper Ferry Tavern, near the Wire Bridge; park visitors, including children; vessels on the Schuylkill River; cliffs; a cascading brook; rock formations; and trees. Belmont was the country seat of Peters until his death in 1828. The old Girard Avenue Bridge was built in 1855 and razed in 1871. The Wire Bridge at Fairmount, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was removed in 1874., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 56, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 81 Z 99, 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.
Landscape view showing the Wissahickon Creek in Fairmount Park. In the foreground, within a clearing, three visitors, two sitting on a log, admire the scenery. Scenery includes trees, bushes, rocks, hills, and a stone overpass in the distance., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 680, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Currier & Ives
Date
[ca. 1872]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Parks - Fairmount [P.9303.6]
Landscape view showing the Wissahickon Falls at the junction of Wissahickon Creek and the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park. In the foreground, a man fishes among the rocks of the bank as behind him a man lures a dog to a basket he holds. In the background, other men fish above the falls and Wissahickon Hall is visible. Carriages are seen departing and arriving at the hotel erected circa 1849 by Harry Lippen at Wissahickon Drive (i.e., Lincoln Drive) below Gypsy Lane., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 850, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Kelly, Thomas
Date
c1874
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Parks - Fairmount [P.9303.5]
Illustrated trade card depicting a landscape view of a creek in the woods., Invitation printed on verso: Yourself and ladies are invited by Mr. Charles F. Haseltine to a private view of his new collection of paintings, at his galleries, 1516 Chestnut St., on Thursday evening, October 7th, 1880, from 7 1/2 to 11 o'clock., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
1880
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Haseltine [1975.F.405]