Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2010.10 |
Object Name |
Drawing |
Title |
Bush Hill and Cholera Hospital, Phila. |
Artist |
Kollner, Augustus |
Date |
1841 |
Description |
View of a predominantly green and tan rural landscape. Spindly tree in foreground at left with a grazing horse behind and to the left of the tree. Two men stand in center foreground with the man on the left pointing outward. To the left of the men is a dog. The landscape is hilly and dotted with green trees. Two buildings, one tan and one red, both with dark roofs, sit in background at right. Inscribed "1841" on lower left and "A.K." on lower right. |
Label |
Bush Hill, a mansion that once stood at the present-day intersection of 18th and Spring Garden Streets in Philadelphia, was built in 1740 as a suburban retreat. Vice President John Adams and his wife lived there in 1790 and 1791, but it then became vacant. It was first used as a hospital during the city's deadly yellow fever epidemic in 1793. It continued as a hospital into the early and mid-19th century, serving patients during the cholera outbreak of the 1830s. Soon after emigrating from Germany in 1839, artist Augustus Kollner settled in Philadelphia and began designing lithographs for local publishers. Along with Philadelphia views, Kollner produced military portraits, trade cards, maps, machinery drawings for manuals, and medicine bottle labels. Adolph G. Rosengarten probably donated this drawing to the APS in the mid-20th century. He gave more than 200 items to the Society, including many images of the city. |
Medium |
Pencil and watercolor |
Dimensions |
H-9.5 W-13.5 inches |
Dimension Details |
is unframed- and stored in acid free foam core folder. |
Credit line |
American Philosophical Society |
Search Terms |
19th century nineteenth century landscape painting Philadelphia |