Photo, Print, Drawing Philadelphia Citizen's Line of Steam Boats to New York and Baltimore. Philadelphia Citizen's Line of steam boats to New York & Baltimore
About this Item
Title
- Philadelphia Citizen's Line of Steam Boats to New York and Baltimore.
Other Title
- Philadelphia Citizen's Line of steam boats to New York & Baltimore
Summary
- This lithograph of 1831 depicts the terminal of the Citizens Line of steamboats, located at the end of Arch Street on the Delaware River in Philadelphia. The steamboat is lying low in the river, and passengers are seen coming and going on Arch Street. The company office is in the left foreground. The print was published in James Mease and Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia from 1811 to 1831: Giving an Account of its Origin, Increase and Improvements in Arts, Sciences, Manufactures, Commerce and Revenue (Philadelphia, 1831). The illustration is by William L. Breton, a watercolorist and early lithographer of Philadelphia scenes who was active in the city between about 1825 and 1855. Born in England circa 1773, Breton immigrated to Philadelphia around 1824. In the late 1820s, he contributed illustrations to Annals of Philadelphia, compiled by the antiquarian John F. Watson. In 1829 Breton entered the lithographic trade to execute the illustrations for the Annals. He worked extensively with the firm of Kennedy & Lucas, operated by David Kennedy and William B. Lucas, which produced Annals of Philadelphia. Breton also contributed to other publications at this time, including Mease and Porter's Picture of Philadelphia, also produced by Kennedy & Lucas, the first commercial lithographers in Philadelphia.
Names
- Breton, William L., circa 1773-1855 Artist.
Created / Published
- Philadelphia : Kennedy & Lucas's Lithography, 1831.
Headings
- - United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- - 1831
- - Advertising
- - Boats and boating
- - Cities and towns
- - Delaware River (New York-Delaware and New Jersey)
- - Horse-drawn vehicles
- - Lithographs
- - Merchants
- - Piers and wharves
- - Steamboats
- - Storefronts
- - Stores and shops
- - Street scenes
- - Wagons
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "Digital catalog number: POS 577"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph ; 9 x 15 centimeters.
- - Reference extracted from World Digital Library: William L. Breton, 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
- 2021670193
Online Format
- compressed data
- image