Photo, Print, Drawing Wetherill and Brothers White Lead Manufactory and Chemical Works, Corner of 12th and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia. Wetherill & Brothers white lead manufactory & chemical works, corner of 12th & Cherry streets, Philadelphia

Title

• Wetherill and Brothers White Lead Manufactory and Chemical Works, Corner of 12th and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia.

Other Title

• Wetherill & Brothers white lead manufactory & chemical works, corner of 12th & Cherry streets, Philadelphia

Summary

• This lithograph of 1831 depicts the Wetherill & Brothers White Lead Manufactory & Chemical Works, located at the corner of 12th and Cherry Streets in Philadelphia. Barrels, a horse-drawn cart, and a few workmen are seen in the courtyard of the U-shaped industrial complex, while dark smoke rises from several chimneys. White lead is a chemical compound made up of lead, carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, historically used to make white paint. It was an important industrial product in 19th-century America, later banned for use in paint in the United States and most other countries as a cause of lead poisoning. 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
• -  Barrels
• -  Chemical industry
• -  Cities and towns
• -  Factories
• -  Horse-drawn vehicles
• -  Laborers
• -  Lead industry
• -  Lithographs
• -  Manufacturers
• -  Smokestacks
• -  Wagons

Notes

• -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
• -  "Digital catalog number: POS 832"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
• -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph ; 10 x 18 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

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.9268

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2021670196

Online Format

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• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2021670196

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