Joseph Pennell's pictures of Philadelphia : reproductions of sixty-four lithographs made by him / with an introduction by Elizabeth Robins Pennell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926.

Contributor:

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926, lithographer.

Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, 1855-1936., writer of introduction.

Rare Books Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Stephen M. Lynch Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

J.B. Lippincott Company, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926.

Lithography, American.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Pictorial works.

Genre:

Illustrated works.

Penn Provenance:

Tinker, Edward Larocque, 1881-1968 (donor)

Physical Description:

137 pages : plates ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Pictures of Philadelphia

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia and London : J. B. Lippincott Company, 1926.

Summary:

Contains information and illustrations about: Independence Square; Independence Hall ["the State House"]; Carpenters' Hall; Christ Church; Arch Street Meeting House; Twelfth Street Meeting House; Friends' Graveyard; Gloria Dei Episcopal Church ["Old Swede's Church"]; St. Peter's Church; First Presbyterian Church; Main Street, Germantown; Morris House; Cliveden ["the Chew House"]; Upsala; Johnson House; Loudoun; Stenton; Wyck; Bartram's Garden; Morris House; Fairmount Water Works; Fairmount Park; Logan Square; Girard Trust Company; Union League; Philadelphia Club; Rittenhouse Square; Delancey Place; Pennsylvania Hospital; Customs House; Merchants' Exchange; Broad Street Station; plus several notable streets.

Notes:

Sixty-four reproductions of Joseph Pennell's lithographs; each reproduction on its own leaf.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum circulating copy: Bequest of Stephen M. Lynch.

OCLC:

1109551