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Title
Pennsylvania : city of Philadelphia
Creator
Brotherhead, William, artist
H.J. Toudy & Co., printer
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
Image of an elevated cityscape view of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, showing a busy port on the Delaware River, ships in the water, and the city in the background, in a shield motif; vignettes of the seal of Pennsylvania, a train, and goods such as wheat and barrels.
Probable date based on publication of image in William Brotherhead. The Centennial Book of Signers. Philadelphia : J.M. Stoddart & Co., 1875, copyright 1872. "219"--text, top right. "1776 / 1876"--text, upper left and right. "Designed by W. Brotherhead."--text, bottom left margin. "H.J. Toudy & Co. Steam Lith."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 40.64 x 28.89 cm (16 x 11 3/8 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_VIEW_000565
408373
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1301
Language
English
Subject
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Pictorial works
Centennial celebrations
Cities and towns--Pictorial works
Locomotives--United States--Pictorial works
Ships--Pictorial works
United States. Declaration of Independence--Commemoration
Waterfronts--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Book illustrations. (gmgpc)
Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
View Prints
Large Size
Northeast
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
Relation
priJLC_VIEW_000541 ; priJLC_VIEW_000542 ; priJLC_VIEW_000545 ; priJLC_VIEW_000552 ; priJLC_VIEW_000557 ; priJLC_VIEW_000558 ; priJLC_VIEW_000560 ; priJLC_VIEW_000562 ; priJLC_VIEW_000568 ; priJLC_VIEW_000571 ; priJLC_VIEW_000582

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