REFINE     Who What Where When     REMOVE Robert P. Smith 1847 WHAT Pocket Map (2) Covers (1) WHERE Pennsylvania (2) Philadelphia (Pa.) (2) WHO Ash, Dr. (2) P.S. Duval's Establishmen … (2) Sidney, J.C. (2) Smith, Robert P. (2)

REFINE  Browse All : Images by Robert P. Smith from 1847 1-2 of 2 Sidney, J.C. ; Smith, R... Map ... Around The City... 1847 Pocket Map   Author [Sidney, J.C., Smith, Robert P.] Note Smith considered this to be "the most successful of our maps" and it is indeed a beautiful map and a fine example of early lithography printed by P.S. Duval. Although copyrighted by Robert Pearsal Smith, Ristow states that this map was considered by Smith father, John Jay Smith, to be his own work. There is a view of Girard College and another of Laurel Hill Cemetery in the lower corners of the map engraved by A. Kollner, one of Philadelphia earliest lithographic artists. This copy is from the Kollner collection of Nicholas Biddle Wainwright, who wrote the standard book on Philadelphia lithography and also the authoritative book on Kollner. Map is folded into burgundy leather covers 14x8.5 with "Sidney's Map Of Ten Miles Around Philadelphia" in gilt. Sidney, J.C. ; Smith, R... Cover: Around the City ... 1847 Pocket Map   Author [Sidney, J.C., Smith, Robert P.] 1-2 of 2

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