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Photo, Print, Drawing Robert Wood's Railing, Architectural and Ornamental Iron Works. Ridge Road below Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia. Robert Wood's railing, architectural & ornamental iron works, Ridge Road below Spring Garden St., Philadelphia

About this Item

Title

  • Robert Wood's Railing, Architectural and Ornamental Iron Works. Ridge Road below Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia.

Other Title

  • Robert Wood's railing, architectural & ornamental iron works, Ridge Road below Spring Garden St., Philadelphia

Summary

  • This circa 1851 advertising print shows a long three-story brick factory occupied by the iron works owned by Robert Wood and located at 1126 Ridge Avenue in Philadelphia. The central portion of the building looms a few feet over the wings, and is adorned by tall, narrow windows on the second story. The building is topped by a decorative cornice adorned with a statue, bell cupola, and advertising flag. Banners on the building advertise a range of iron goods: "Iron Railings, Verandas, &c.," "Lions, Newfoundland Dogs, Grey Hounds, Statuary &c.," "Monuments, Fountains & Ornamental Iron Work," and "Spiral and Straight Stairs and all Kinds of Architectural Iron Work." Statues of a lion and two dogs adorn an overhang near the open doorway of the iron foundry, under which a man and woman enter the office and warerooms, passing between two additional lion statues. Visible inside the factory are several men at a forge, along with laborers working in the left and right wings. A man driving a horse-drawn company carriage emerges from the right wing. Four laborers load a lion statue into a cart on Ridge Avenue. Several boxes, addressed to "Mobile, Aa.," "Havana," "Jackson," "San Francisco, Ca.," "Smith & Co., St. Louis," "Cincinnati, Oo.," and "Jones & Co., New Orleans," are scattered in the street nearby. Two laborers load (or unload) an iron railing from a covered cart in the right foreground. Visible in the background are men working outdoors with unidentified piles of materials, as well as additional brick factory buildings. A trompe-l'œil frame border surrounds the image. This lithograph was created by Robert F. Reynolds, an artist born circa 1818 in Pennsylvania, and known for his fine-detailed architectural advertising prints. The printing firm was Wagner & McGuigan, which specialized in the production of advertising prints.

Names

  • Reynolds, Robert F., born circa 1818 Artist.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : Wagner & McGuigan Lithography, 1851.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1851
  • -  Advertising
  • -  Architectural decorations and ornaments
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Factories
  • -  Fountains
  • -  Horse-drawn vehicles
  • -  Iron foundries
  • -  Iron industry
  • -  Iron-works
  • -  Ironwork
  • -  Laborers
  • -  Lithographs
  • -  Manufacturers
  • -  Merchants
  • -  Monuments and memorials
  • -  Storefronts
  • -  Stores and shops
  • -  Street scenes
  • -  Trompe l'oeil images
  • -  Wagons

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 655"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph, tinted with two stones ; 53 x 68 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

  • 2021670323

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Reynolds, Robert F., Born Circa 1818 Artist. Robert Wood's Railing, Architectural and Ornamental Iron Works. Ridge Road below Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1851. Philadelphia: Wagner & McGuigan Lithography. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670323/.

APA citation style:

Reynolds, R. F. (1851) Robert Wood's Railing, Architectural and Ornamental Iron Works. Ridge Road below Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1851. Philadelphia: Wagner & McGuigan Lithography. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670323/.

MLA citation style:

Reynolds, Robert F., Born Circa 1818 Artist. Robert Wood's Railing, Architectural and Ornamental Iron Works. Ridge Road below Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Wagner & McGuigan Lithography. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670323/>.