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Philadelphia on stone : commercial lithography in Philadelphia, 1828-1878
- Title
- Philadelphia on stone : commercial lithography in Philadelphia, 1828-1878 / edited by Erika Piola.
- Publication
- University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University Press ; [Philadelphia, Pa.] : In association with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 2012.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | MDP 12-7258 | Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Piola, Erika, 1971-
- Description
- xxii, 295 p. : col. ill., map; 27 cm.
- Summary
- "A collection of essays examining the history of nineteenth-century commercial lithography in Philadelphia. Analyzes the social, economic, and technological changes in the local trade from 1828 to 1878"--Provided by publisher.
- Alternative Title
- Commercial lithography in Philadelphia, 1828-1878
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-276) and index.
- Contents
- The first fifty years of commercial lithography in Philadelphia : an overview of the trade, 1828-1878 / Erika Piola and Jennifer Ambrose -- Putting Philadelphia on stone : an introduction to the techniques used / Michael Twyman -- James Queen : chronicler of Philadelphia / Sara W. Duke -- Peter S. Duval, Philadelphia's leading lithographer / Sarah J. Weatherwax -- Lithographed plates for books and periodicals : a mainstay of Philadelphia lithographers / Christopher W. Lane -- Commercial architecture in Philadelphia lithographs / Dell Upton -- Drawn on the spot : Philadelphia sensational news-event lithographs / Erika Piola -- Philadelphia lithography and American landscape / Donald H. Cresswell.
- Call Number
- MDP 12-7258
- ISBN
- 9780271052526 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 027105252X (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2011043001
- OCLC
- 758973644
- Title
- Philadelphia on stone : commercial lithography in Philadelphia, 1828-1878 / edited by Erika Piola.
- Imprint
- University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University Press ; [Philadelphia, Pa.] : In association with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-276) and index.
- Added Author
- Piola, Erika, 1971-
- Research Call Number
- MDP 12-7258