Item 58: Engraving titled “Lower Falls of Solomon’s Creek” by Jacob Cist, 1809
Item — Box: 21, Folder: 58
Dates
- Created: 1809
Creator
- Cist, Jacob, 1783 - 1825 (Person)
Access:
All series and subseries within this collection are open for research, with the exception of a few files within the Academia series that are restricted. The Academia series contains financial and sensitive institutional records from Wilkes College, and financial report records from Princeton University that will remain restricted for 80 years upon creation.
Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Engraving
Condition Note:
Good.
Measurements:
8 ⅜ in. x 5 ¼ in.
Title:
Lower Falls of Solomon’s Creek
Description:
This engraving is an image of falls on Solomon’s Creek and a deer is drinking water. Another version of this print can be found on The Trout Gallery Website.
Solomon Creek measures about 8.8 miles long and is a tributary of the Susquehanna River. Located in northeastern Pennsylvania, it flows through Fairview Township in Hanover, Wilkes-Barre. This specific creek is directly affected by acid mine drainage that accumulates large quantities of aluminum, iron, and manganese. According to Valley Views of Northeastern Pennsylvania, “Illustration (Vol. II, opposite page 443) The Port Folio (Philadelphia, 1809)” This print was created by Jacob Cist.
Jacob Cist was born March 13, 1783 and was an American naturalist, artist, inventor, businessman, author, treasurer, and United States Postmaster. He was a prominent figure in the marketing of anthracite coal industry and a leading authority on its overall economic potential. He died on December 30, 1825.
The engraver for this manuscript has been identified as Joseph Yeager by a comparison with manuscripts in the collection, such as 21.59a-c, as well as the American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel text. Joseph Yeager was a nineteenth century engraver, most prominently based in Philadelphia. His earliest works are dated in the early 1800s, 1808 and 1809, when Yeager was just 16 years old. Yeager, among engraving and prints, was known for his maps, including those included in Carey and Lea’s American Atlas, as well as those in John Marshall’s 1832 edition, Life of Washington. Yeager was also a children’s literature artist.
Location:
Solomon’s Creek, Pennsylvania
Transcription:
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J. C. del [drew]
Portfolio 1809 Print
Creator
- Cist, Jacob, 1783 - 1825 (Person)
- Yeager, Joseph, 1792-1859 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
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Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu