Item 52: Lithograph, View of Pottsville, by Thomas Sinclair, no date
Item — Box: 21, Folder: 52
Dates
- Created: no date
Creator
- Sinclair, Thomas, 1807 - 1881 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Lithograph
Condition Note:
Good, paper has rough edges and is discolored.
Measurements:
7 7/16 in. x 5 9/16 in.
Title:
View of Pottsville
Description:
A lithograph depicting a view of Pottsville, Pennsylvania. A tree in the foreground overlooks many houses in the valley below. Pottsville is located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, lying along the west bank of the Schuylkill River. Located in Pennsylvania’s Coal Region, its anthracite coal history began in 1790. A coal seam was discovered by Necho Allen after his campfire had ignited it. An anthracite-fired finery forge was established in 1795. This print was created by Thomas Sinclair.
Thomas Sinclair was born in the Orkney Islands of Northern Scotland in 1807. He was one of the premier Philadelphia lithographers of this era, but he specialized in chromolithography. He trained in Edinburgh and later emigrated to the United States in c. 1830. He worked in New York and Philadelphia, and ultimately settled in Philadelphia in 1839. He worked at the lithographic shop of John Collins before taking charge of the establishment in 1840. He produced all kinds of lithographs throughout his career including maps, advertisements, city and landscape views, sheet music covers, portraiture, political cartoons, certificates, and book illustrations.
Location:
Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Transcription:
View of Pottsville. Pa
Sinclair’s Lith.
M2. Pa
Creator
- Sinclair, Thomas, 1807 - 1881 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
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570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu