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The Race Bridge Fair Mount Water Works, Philadelphia.

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  • PUBLISHER: Published by The London Printing and Publishing Company.

  • MEDIUM: Engraving,

    DATE: c.1850s.

  • EDITION SIZE: Paper size 7 x 10 3/4" (17.7 x 27.2 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Surrounding the primary image of the water works are historical scenes - at the bottom are two scenes from the American Revolution, entitled "Covering the retreat from Brandywine 1777" and "Revolt of the Pennsylvanian Line 1780", and at the top is a scene of two Native Americans conversing with a colonist.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Generally good condition, small tear in the lower left margin extending to (but not into) the decorative scroll work.

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