Virginia Camden (Mrs. Edward Griffing) about 2 years old
Virginia, Aunt Mary Ingle, and three other women in a park setting
Visitors' Guide to the Centennial Exhibition
W. H. Witte to Sarah Josepha Hale Correction: William H. Witte
W.E. Ervin's Store and Somerton Post Office
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Framed watercolor painting of Waln Grove, 1797. Waln Grove was a country estate house built in 1742 by Philadelphia merchant Robert Waln. It was located in Frankford, which is now a section of Philadelphia. The painting shows the house sitting atop a gently sloping hill, with trees and a fence along the sides.
Walnut Lane Bridge, largest concrete bridge ever constructed
Walnut Street Theatre ... : twelfth night of the popular Ravel Family! Who will appear in three successful entertainments, The Green Monster! La Fete Champetre! and a grand divertisement embracing nine national dances! To be executed by J. Bertin, M.P. Brillant, Francois Ravel, A. Ravel, Mme. Marzetti, M'lle Lehman & M.H. Wells. Saturday evening, Jan. 26th, 1850 ... The evening's entertinment will commence with a new farce, called Cousin Cherry.
U.S. Job Printing Office, Ledger Building
Amanda Gardiner Walter (1821-1892) was born in Delaware County, PA, the daughter of Richard and Hannah Gardiner. She married Thomas Ustick Walter in 1848, bore two children by him and raised six of his children by his first wife.
The German-born historical painter Emanuel Leutze (1816-1868) is best known for his “Washington Crossing the Delaware ” (1850). Walter records in his diary (preserved at the Athenæum) on April 1, 1852, “Worked at plans of Washington…Took Mrs. W & children to Capitol to see Leutze’s picture…Dined at the Presidents with Mrs. Walter."
Mary Ann Walter (1806-1847) was born in Philadelphia, the daughter of Robert and Marian Hancocks. She married Thomas Ustick Walter in 1824 and died following the birth of their eleventh child. According to her husband, “she was a lady of estimable qualities of mind, and of genial and engaging manners, fulfilling her duties to society with exactness, and propriety, and to her family with tenderness and love. She managed well the affairs of her household and, and trained her children with prudence and affection.”
Walter, Mary Ann Elizabeth Hancocks (1806-1847)
Miniature portrait of Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Hancocks Walter, first wife of the great American architect Thomas Ustick Walter. In presentation frame: "Presented by Mrs. T.U. Walter to her husband, June 28th, 1838" inscribed in gold plaque, reverse.
Thomas Ustick Walter is widely recognized as the leading American architect of the mid-nineteenth century. Born in Philadelphia, Walter's many buildings here include Moyamensing Prison, Girard College, Andalusia and Portico Row. He is best remembered as the architect of the dome and wings of the United States Capitol-the most symbolically important and controversial building in the United States. Late in life he made major contributions to the design and decoration of the Philadelphia City Hall. This portrait of the architect shows him at the start of his prolific career. Behind him are visible a fluted column at Girard College and a distant view of the Philadelphia County Prison at Moyamensing. Both were under construction when the portrait was completed. A receipt in the amount of $180 for painting “Portraits of wife & self” survives in the Architect’s papers at the Athenæum.
Warren's Cameo Plate Coated Book (cover page)/The Villa D'Este
Warren's Cameo Plate Coated Book (text)/Shadow River
Washington at Prayer, From D. W. Griffith's "America"
Washington, Martha Washington, and LaFayette
Watching the beavers at Zoological Gardens
Water Lily (illustration with flowers and dragonfly)/Lottis (?) Café Special Clear Havana Cigar
Water Tower, Charles Schoen Residence at Rose Valley
This portrait of Daniel Webster (1782-1852) by Chester Harding (1792-1866) is based on two daguerreotypes taken in 1850-52. Webster's second wife, Caroline LeRoy, had one of them in her New York apartment until the end of her life, calling it the most satisfactory likeness of her husband.
Other examples of this portrait are at Springfield Museum of Fine Arts and the Cincinnati Art Museum.
Weighing Old Coin, One Million Dollars in Gold Sight
Wellsboro Lodge No. 949, K of H, Dues Assesment for Walter Sherwood
West City Hall Square, showing P.R.R. Station
West Philadelphia General Homeopathic Hospital
West River Drive and P.R.R. Bridge over Schuylkill River
What Every Woman Should Know (illustration with winged woman)
Where the metal is converted into coin, U.S. Mint
Where the Metal is Tested or Assayed, U.S. Mint
William Ingraham Kip to Sarah Josepha Hale
Plaster maquette (small scale model) of the final version for the 37-foot high, 27-ton bronze figure of William Penn (1644 - 1718) atop Philadelphia's City Hall, by Alexander Milne Calder (Scottish-American, 1846-1923). English colonist William Penn, a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), founded the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The full length figure of Penn wears colonial garb, with his right hand extended gracefully, and a copy of the Charter of Pennsylvania in his left hand.
Small replica of Alexander Milne Calder's sculpture of William Penn, attached to a wood block base. Bottom of the base is stamped "ACADEMY OF MUSIC OF PHILADELPHIA." The full size version of this sculpture is a 37-foot high, 27-ton bronze figure of William Penn (1644 - 1718) atop Philadelphia's City Hall. English colonist William Penn, a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), founded the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The figure of Penn wears colonial garb, with his right hand extended gracefully, and a copy of the Charter of Pennsylvania in his left hand.
William Penn Statue on the tower of City Hall
William Penn, Laetitia and Hannah Callow Hill Penn
Bronze bust of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), renowned English poet, playwright and actor, regarded by many as the greatest dramatist of all time. This bronze bust shows Shakespeare with his head turned slightly to the left, hair brushed back, bearded, wearing tassels at the collar and a cloak over the right shoulder. It is a copy of the original sculpture by John Cheere, a white marble version of which King George IV acquired to place in the Grand Corridor at Windsor Castle. In the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries, Tiffany & Co. produced this and other bronze reproduction sculptures of such prominent figures as Washington, Lincoln and Beethoven, available in a variety of sizes and prices.
Hollow plaster cast bust of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), renowned English poet, playwright and actor, regarded by many as the greatest dramatist of all time. According to the minutes of the Athenaeum (October 18, 1847), this bust was given to the Athenaeum in 1847 shortly after the new building opened.
Wind-swept Hawaiian Roof atop Hotel Adelphia