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Ships at Philadelphia

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1838

GUSN

GUSN-18336

Description

Lithograph of two small row boats, a larger steamboat and many large sailing vessels on the water in Philadelphia. Buildings line the water's edge along the left-hand side recede into the distance. Frame: 1 1/2 in. gilt frame.

Details

Descriptive Terms

marines (visual works)
prints (visual works)
lithography
paper (fiber product)
marines (visual works)
pulling boats
sailing vessels
steamboats
Picture
Seascape
Unidentified Paper
Lithography
Rowboat
Steamboat
Sailing vessel
Maritime
Seascape

Inscription

Printed beneath print: ""On stone by J.C. Wild Lith of Wild & Chevalier No 72 Dock St. Phil/ Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1838 by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier in the clerk's office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Wild, J. C. (Maker)
Chevalier, J. B. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Dimensions

10.125 x 12.25 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.374

Places

Pennsylvania (United States)

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