Photo, Print, Drawing Manayunk.
About this Item
Title
- Manayunk.
Summary
- This landscape print shows a couple walking along the bank of the Schuylkill River near the industrial village of Manayunk. A large tree stands in the foreground and small factories and dwellings are visible in the background. Also shown are groves of trees, rocks, and ground cover. Located along the east bank of the river, northwest of Philadelphia, Manayunk played an important part in the early industrial development of the United States. It was the site of large textile mills, which were built to take advantage of Manayunk's plentiful water supply and good transport links. The village was incorporated into the city of Philadelphia in 1854. The illustration is by George Lehman (circa 1800--70), a Swiss-born landscape artist and lithographer, who in 1824 immigrated to the United States with his family, several of whom were also stonecutters.
Names
- Childs, Cephas Grier, 1793-1871 Lithographer.
- Lehman, George, circa 1800-1870 Artist.
Created / Published
- Philadelphia : C. G. Childs, 1830.
Headings
- - United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- - 1830
- - Factories
- - Lithographs
- - Mills
- - Rivers
- - Schuylkill River (Pennsylvania)
- - Textile factories
- - Textile industry
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "Digital catalog number: POS 454"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph mounted on paper ; 19 x 29 centimeters.
- - Reference extracted from World Digital Library: George Lehman, Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary, Library Company of Philadelphia, http://www.lcpdigital.org.|Philadelphia External on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers, http://www.librarycompany.org/pos/posdictionary.htm. External
- - 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
- 2021670187
Online Format
- compressed data
- image