BOOK
Title:
Historical ecology: Cultural knowledge and changing landscapes
Creator:
Crumley, Carole L.
Publication:
School of American Research Press, Santa Fe, N.M, [1993]
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-269) and index.
Extent:
xiv, 284 p. : charts, tables ; 22 1/2 cm.
BOOK
Title:
A Handbook of conservation, with special reference to the landscape features in Essex county; a directory to channels and agencies for restoration and conservation of natural and historical features
Creators:
Society for the Preservation of the Landscape Features of Essex County, Massachusetts | Peabody Museum of Salem
Publication:
Society for the preservation of the landscape features of Essex county, Massachusetts, and the Peabody museum, Salem, Mass, [c1936]
Notes:
Blank pages "For local memoranda" (83-84)
Extent:
9 p.l., 3-84 p. : illus., plates, fold. map, diagrs. ; 24 cm.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Back of the State House, Philadelphia
Description:
Dimension:H:10.000in W:11.000in
Creator:
Birch, William Russell
Abstract:
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Depicts groups of people around Pennsylvania State House: ladies and gentlemen at left and right, Native Americans at center, and children playing under tree. At rear is Philosophical Hall with sign reading "Museum." Bottom left: "designed and published by W. Birch enamel painter 1800."
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Independence Hall, Phila. Pa.
Description:
Dimension:H:6.000in W:8.000in
Abstract:
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Colored view of Independence Hall. In the foreground are groups of individuals walking, men on horseback, and a horse and carriage. At bottom: "Engd. By John C. McRae/Independence Hall, Phila, PA."
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Peale's Museum
Description:
Dimension:H:6.938in W:9.375in D:1.125in Framed
Creator:
Peale, James, Sr.
Abstract:
View Abstract
An abbreviated view of a cluster of building rooftops. In the foreground is a wooden fence, with articles of clothing hanging over the top. A dark brown roof with clerestory windows and a red chimney dominates the middle ground. To the right is a triangular-shaped, architectural protrusion with a skylight. Behind the dark brown roof is a red building with one clerestory window and a chimney. To the left of the building is a brown, bowed roof, and the top of a tree is visible to the right. The background is a pale blue color. Unsigned and undated.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Fairmount Water Works with People Strolling
Description:
Dimension:H:25.500in W:32.375in Framed
Creator:
Wild, John Caspar
Abstract:
View Abstract
View of the eastern side of the Fairmount Waterworks from the floodgates, or race bridge. The Works extend from the central background to the right middleground of the gouache. The Works include a three-story, Federal-style, brick building with four chimneys, and a long Neoclassical-style Mill House, ornamented with allegorical sculpture. A steep, rocky hill rises in the right background. Stairs ascend the hill, leading to a gazebo, topped with a statue of Mercury. In the background, between the hill and the brick building, are additional buildings and a fountain. A large pool with two swans is in the left middleground. In the foreground, two couples stroll along a promenade, and two additional couples walk in front of the Waterworks to the right. Signed "From Nature by Wild" in the lower left corner.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Fairmount Water Works with Boaters
Description:
Dimension:H:25.500in W:32.375in Framed
Creator:
Wild, John Caspar
Abstract:
View Abstract
View of Fairmount Waterworks from the west bank of the Schuylkill River. The Works extend from the center middle ground to the right, and include a three-story Federal-style brick building with four chimneys, and the long neoclassical Mill House decorated with sculpture. A hill with steps rises in the right background, leading to a gazebo. Lemon Hill Mansion is visible in the left background, above the riverbank and behind the dam. On the river, below the dam, are three boats with passengers. A portion of the west riverbank is visible in the lower left corner. Signed "From Nature by Wild" in the lower left corner.
BOOK
Title:
Thomas Moran and the surveying of the American West
Publication:
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, c1992.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references p. 214-231 and index.
Extent:
x, 237 p. : front. (port.), (col.) illus., (col.) facsims. ; 25 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Nature and culture: American landscape and painting, 1825-1875
Publication:
Thames and Hudson, London], [c1980]
Notes:
Selected bibliography: p. 303-308.
Extent:
xi, 323 p : (col.) illus., ports. ; 26 cm.
BOOK
Title:
William Henry Jackson and the transformation of the American landscape
Creators:
Hales, Peter B. (Peter Bacon) | Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
Publication:
Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 1988.
Notes:
Includes index. Bibliography: p. 333-347.
Extent:
xii, 355 p. : front., illus., ports. ; 22 x 28 cm.
BOOK
Title:
The wealth of nature: environmental history and the ecological imagination
Creator:
Worster, Donald, 1941-
Publication:
Oxford University Press, New York, 1993.
Notes:
Book of essays which previously appeared in various journals or books or given as lectures. Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-243) and index.
Extent:
x, [1], 255 p. ; 24 cm.
BOOK
Title:
The empire of the eye: landscape representation and American cultural politics, 1825-1875
Creator:
Miller, Angela L.
Publication:
Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1993.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Extent:
xii, 298 p. : (col.) illus., ports. ; 26 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Art of the Olmsted landscape
Creators:
Kelly, Bruce. | Simpson, Jeffrey | Guillet, Gail Travis | Hern, Mary Ellen W. | New York (N.Y.) Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Publication:
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission and the Arts Publisher, inc, New York, [1981]
Notes:
In case. Volume 2 by Jeffrey Simpson and Mary Ellen W. Hern. "Selected bibliography" : v. 1, p. 166-167.
Extent:
2 v. : illus., ports., maps ; 23 x 26 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Earth patterns: essays in landscape archaeology
Creators:
Kelso, William M. | Most, Rachel | Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc | Conference on Landscape Archaeology (1986 : University of Virginia, and Monticello, Va.)
Publication:
University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1990.
Notes:
Revised versions of papers presented at the 1986 Conference on Landscape Archaeology held at the University of Virginia and Monticello, Va. and sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc., and the Univ. of Virginia's Dept. of Continuing Education, Dept. of Anthropology, School of Architecture, and Dept. of Art History. Includes bibliographical references.
Extent:
ix, [1], 319 p. : illus., diagrs., ports., facsims., tables, maps ; 29 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Second view: the Rephotographic Survey Project
Creators:
Manchester, Ellen. | Verburg, JoAnn. | Klett, Mark, 1952- | Berger, Paul.
Publication:
University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, c1984.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Extent:
ix, 211 p. : front., illus., maps ; 23 1/2 cm.
BOOK
Title:
An American vision: Far Western landscape and national culture, 1820-1920
Creator:
Hyde, Anne Farrar, 1960-
Publication:
New York University Press, New York, 1990.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-340) and index.
Extent:
xiv, 346 p. : illus., facsims. ; 24 cm.
BOOK
Title:
From coastal wilderness to fruited plain: a history of environmental change in temperate North America, 1500 to the present
Creator:
Whitney, Gordon Graham.
Publication:
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York, 1994.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 338-443) and index.
Extent:
xxxiv, 451 p. : illus., facsims., maps, tables ; 23 1/2 cm.
BOOK
Title:
An unsettled country: changing landscapes of the American West
Creator:
Worster, Donald, 1941-
Publication:
University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, c1994.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-141) and index.
Extent:
xii, 151 p. ; 23 1/2 cm.
BOOK
Title:
History of the Indian tribes of North America, with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs: Embellished with one hundred and twenty portraits, from the Indian gallery in the Department of war, at Washington
Creators:
McKenney, Thomas L. (Thomas Loraine), 1785-1859 | Hall, James, 1793-1868 | Rindisbacher, Peter, 1806-1834 | Greenough, Frederick W. | King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862 | McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859 | Rice, Daniel | T.K. & P.G. Collins | Lehman & Duval Lithrs | I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment | Lithographic & Print Colouring Establishment | Childs and Lehman Lith
Publication:
Published by Daniel Rice and James G. Clark, 132 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Published by Key & Biddle, Philadelphia, 1842-1844
Notes:
Collation: v.1, 2 p. l., [3]-4, 204 p. col. front., 47 col. port. -- v.2, 158 p., 2 l., 44 p. col. pl., 27 col. port. -- v.3, 2 p. l., 196, [2] p. col. front., 23 col. port., map, 17 p. of facsim. V. 2 published by F.W. Greenough, 1838; V. 3, by D. Rice and J. G. Clark, 1844. V. 2 includes biographical sketches of Keokuk and Neomonni, without portraits. The "History of the Indian tribes of North America" (V.2, 44 p. at end) is reproduced in v. 3, p. [1]-44. "An essay on the history of the North American Indians. By James Hall": V. 3, p. [45]-196. Collated with Sabin - substantially the same. See notes in Sabin. Lacks pt.14-16 of V.2 and pl. 1 of V.3. Collated into 3 volumes. V. 1 include Numbers (Nos.) 1-8. V. 2 includes Nos. 9-16. V. 3 includes Nos. 17-20. Includes inscription on title page, in ink, "American Philosophical Society from the authors and publisher 3 March 1837" Volume 2 includes original brown paper wrapper with the printing, “‘The Indian Tribes of North America’ No. Philadelphia:
F.W. Greenough, 3 Minor Street. Price six dollars per number: sold to subscribers only” “Philadelphia: Published by Frederick W. Greenough, 23 Minor Street 1838”
Call #:
970.1 M19 v. 1-3, c. 1
Extent:
3 v. : col. fronts. (vol. 1, 3) col. pl., col. ports., map, facsims. ; 52 cm.
