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Krimmel, John L. (American painter of German birth, 1786-1821)
John Lewis Krimmel emigrated from his native Germany to Philadelphia in 1810. At first he supported himself by painting portraits and teaching drawing…
Krimmel, John L. (American painter of German birth, 1786-1821)
John Lewis Krimmel emigrated from his native Germany to Philadelphia in 1810. At first he supported himself by painting portraits and teaching drawing…
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The tomb of Frederick A. Poth (1840-1905) faces that of another Philadelphia brewer, Louis Bergdoll, which it antedates by a decade. Poth came to the…
Hewitt and Hewitt (American architectural firm, 1877-1902)
Built through an endowment from Andrew Carnegie.
Hewitt and Hewitt (American architectural firm, 1877-1902); Elliott, Joseph E. B. (Photographer)
The Lehigh Branch of the Free Library was designed by the Philadelphia architectural firm of Hewitt & Hewitt. It is among the most elaborate of the…
Ceracchi, Giuseppe (Italian sculptor, 1751-1802)
Cerracchi faciebat, Philadelphia, 1795 (on back of column).
Peale, Rembrandt (American painter, 1778-1860)
One of a series of at least 79 portraits of Washington painted by Rembrandt Peale, only one of them from life. In this "porthole" style painting…