Photo, Print, Drawing The Farm. A Scene near Gray's Ferry, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The farm. A scene near Gray's Ferry, Philada. Co., Pa
About this Item
Title
- The Farm. A Scene near Gray's Ferry, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
Other Title
- The farm. A scene near Gray's Ferry, Philada. Co., Pa
Summary
- This 1852 lithograph by architect Samuel Sloan (1815--84) was a plate in an architectural design book; it illustrated an Italianate mansion located at the intersection of two roads in Gray's Ferry near Philadelphia. In the foreground, three boys fish in a stream that runs parallel to the property leading to the Schuylkill River, seen in the background (on the left). An orchard occupies the land in front of the house, and farm land sprawls across the property behind the house. A team of two horses plows the farm land, and a sailboat is visible on the river in the distance. This print was produced by P.S. Duval & Co. The lithography firm of Peter S. Duval operated under this name from 1851--57. Duval was one of the most prominent lithographers and printers of his day. Born circa 1804 or 1805 in France, Duval emigrated from France to Philadelphia in the fall of 1831 to accept a job as a lithographer with the printing firm of Childs & Inman. By 1837 he had established his lithographic printing shop and he remained in business until his retirement in 1869.
Names
- Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884 Artist.
Created / Published
- Philadelphia : P.S. Duval & Company Lithography, 1852.
Headings
- - United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- - 1852
- - Architecture, Domestic
- - Farming
- - Farms
- - Fishing
- - Lithographs
- - Mansions
- - Neoclassicism (Architecture)
- - Schuylkill River (Pennsylvania)
- - Streams
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "Digital catalog number: POS 243"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph, tinted with one stone ; 19 x 29 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
- 2021670332
Online Format
- compressed data
- image