Blake's Cabinet of Music


Permanent ID:
14605
Call number:
Bb 88 K 35
Date:
1832
Image Description:
Sheet music cover showing a woman playing a mandolin on the race bridge of the Fairmount Waterworks. Includes the engine house, mill house, and Reservoir Hill in the background. A couple strolls near the mill house and individuals ascend a foot path to a pavilion on the reservoir. The waterworks were originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Frederick Graff.  Includes the sheet music.
Inscription:
Inscribed on recto: Oct. 18, 1959 Penrose fund.
Dimensions:
Width: 25 cm, Height: 34 cm
Related Person or Organization:
Kennedy & Lucas Lithography (lithographer)