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Photo, Print, Drawing General View of Laurel Hill Cemetery. General view of Laurel Hill Cemetery

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Title

  • General View of Laurel Hill Cemetery.

Other Title

  • General view of Laurel Hill Cemetery

Summary

  • In the 1830s, a group of influential Philadelphians wanted to establish a rural cemetery that would be naturalistic, serene, and in genteel seclusion. They settled on Laurel Hill at 3822 Ridge Avenue, the former estate of merchant Joseph Sims, which had rocky bluffs and spectacular views and was about six kilometers from the city center. The cemetery was built in 1836--39 after the designs of Scottish-born architect and landscape designer John Notman. In the foreground, horse-drawn carriages approach the main gate (visible at left) of the cemetery, which contains tombs, monuments, and a Gothic-style chapel.Tombs, monuments, and a Gothic-style chapel line the landscape of the cemetery. The print also shows country residences on the hillsides rising in the background. The lithograph appeared as the frontispiece in the Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery in 1847.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : [publisher not identified], 1847.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1847
  • -  Carriages and carts
  • -  Cemeteries
  • -  Chapels
  • -  Horse-drawn vehicles
  • -  Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • -  Lithographs
  • -  Sepulchral monuments
  • -  Tombs

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 294.2"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph ; 14 x 25 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: The Library Company of Philadelphia.
  • -  Content in English.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Philadelphia on Stone

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021670324

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

General View of Laurel Hill Cemetery. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1847. [Philadelphia: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670324/.

APA citation style:

(1847) General View of Laurel Hill Cemetery. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1847. [Philadelphia: Publisher Not Identified] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670324/.

MLA citation style:

General View of Laurel Hill Cemetery. [Philadelphia: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670324/>.