West Philadelphia is in the foreground on this side of the Schuylkill River and the Delaware River is on the far side of the City. For a closer look of the painting, open the image by iteslf (Windows users - right click mouse and select 'view image') Use 'back' to return.
original water color, 1857[?], courtesy Rare Book Department, The Free Library of Philadelphia. Will Brown, Photographer.
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