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Photo, Print, Drawing Continental Schottisch.

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About this Item

Title

  • Continental Schottisch.

Summary

  • This chromolithograph from 1860 is the cover illustration to the sheet music "Continental Schottisch," composed by O.P. Perry and dedicated to S.E. Stevens. The image shows the Continental Hotel, located at the southeast corner of Ninth and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia. The hotel was built 1857--60 after designs by architect John McArthur Jr. (1823--90). In front of the hotel is street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, an omnibus, and couples on promenade. Around the scene is an ornate and vivid border containing American flags, vinery, and a vignette showing the Philadelphia coat of arms. The lithographer, Thomas S. Sinclair (circa 1805--81), was born in the Orkney Islands of Scotland and was active in Philadelphia by 1833, where he soon had his own business and was one of the first local printmakers to experiment with color lithography. A practical lithographer throughout his career, Sinclair produced all genres of lithographs, including maps, advertisements, city and landscape views, sheet music covers, portraiture, political cartoons, certificates, and book illustrations.

Names

  • Perry, Oscar P. Composer.
  • Sinclair, Thomas S., circa 1805-1881 Lithographer.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : Lee & Walker, 1860.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1860
  • -  Carriages and carts
  • -  Chromolithographs
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Horse-drawn vehicles
  • -  Hotels
  • -  Lithographs
  • -  Street scenes

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 159"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 page : lithograph ; 35 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

  • 2021670172

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

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Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Perry, Oscar P. Composer, and Thomas S Sinclair. Continental Schottisch. Philadelphia Pennsylvania United States of America, 1860. Philadelphia: Lee & Walker. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021670172/.

APA citation style:

Perry, O. P. C. & Sinclair, T. S. (1860) Continental Schottisch. Philadelphia Pennsylvania United States of America, 1860. Philadelphia: Lee & Walker. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021670172/.

MLA citation style:

Perry, Oscar P. Composer, and Thomas S Sinclair. Continental Schottisch. Philadelphia: Lee & Walker. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2021670172/>.