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Fairmount Waterworks.
1838
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Omega Project
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E North 32/GC024/Box 028/Normal/19th c./Artists Weld-Z GA 2007.00714
- Publisher
- 1838.
- People
-
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Fairmount Waterworks (Philadelphia, Pa.)—In art
- Waterworks—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—In art
- Rivers—Pennysylvania—In art
- Schuylkill River (Pa.)—In art
- Boats and boating—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—In art
- Boaters—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—19th century—In art
- Landscapes—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—1838
- Landscapes—United States—1838
- Landscapes—Middle Atlantic States—1838
- Landscapes—Northeastern States
- Landscapes—Lake States—1838
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Fairmount Waterworks.
- Call Number
- E North 32/GC024/Box 028/Normal/19th c./Artists Weld-Z GA 2007.00714
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dczc77t3242
- Publisher
- 1838.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1838
- Extent
- 1 item
- References
- Philadelphia Saturday Courier, supplement.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Lithographs
- Depiction: View of the waterworks from across the Schuylkill River. Waterworks at left of river, bridge over river at center, house(?) at right of river, figures in row boat and two racing boats in river. Includes a vignette below the main scene showing the plan of the waterworks.
- Signed, lower left: "On Stone by J. C. Wild".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Fairmount Waterworks (Philadelphia, Pa.)—In art
- Waterworks—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—In art
- Rivers—Pennysylvania—In art
- Schuylkill River (Pa.)—In art
- Boats and boating—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—In art
- Boaters—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—19th century—In art
- Landscapes—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—1838
- Landscapes—United States—1838
- Landscapes—Middle Atlantic States—1838
- Landscapes—Northeastern States
- Landscapes—Lake States—1838
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 3
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/aabe7ff0-c7fe-4c4a-af4f-b50015e9d79c/manifest