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Photo, Print, Drawing Woodlands Cemetery. Main Entrance. Woodlands Cemetery. Main entrance

About this Item

Title

  • Woodlands Cemetery. Main Entrance.

Other Title

  • Woodlands Cemetery. Main entrance

Summary

  • This print shows the arched gateway entrance to the Woodlands Cemetery. The cemetery was chartered in 1840 on the former estate of botanist William Hamilton at 3900 Woodland Avenue in West Philadelphia. The view includes the classical entrance arch and two families, one entering and one exiting, both attired in black. The entranceway, built after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., was razed in 1936. McArthur was the architect of some of Philadelphia's most important Civil War-era buildings. The print, by James Fuller Queen, a Philadelphia lithographer and pioneer chromolithographer known for his attention to detail, was used as the frontispiece to The Charter, By-laws, and Regulations of the Woodlands Cemetery Company, with a List of Lot Holders, published in 1857.

Names

  • Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 Artist.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : Lithography of P.S. Duval & Son, 1857.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1840 to 1857
  • -  Architecture, Classical
  • -  Cemeteries
  • -  Gates
  • -  Lithographs
  • -  Woodlands Cemetery (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 866"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph ; 10 x 17 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

  • 2021670430

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Queen, James Fuller, 1820 Or 21-1886 Artist. Woodlands Cemetery. Main Entrance. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1857. Philadelphia: Lithography of P.S. Duval & Son. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670430/.

APA citation style:

Queen, J. F. (1857) Woodlands Cemetery. Main Entrance. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1857. Philadelphia: Lithography of P.S. Duval & Son. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670430/.

MLA citation style:

Queen, James Fuller, 1820 Or 21-1886 Artist. Woodlands Cemetery. Main Entrance. Philadelphia: Lithography of P.S. Duval & Son. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670430/>.