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Residence of Christopher Sower watercolor, 1889
Working from a print, David J. Kennedy (1783-1874) painted this image in 1899. Christopher Sower (born Johan Christoph Sauer, 1695-1758) immigrated from Germany in 1724. He set up a printing shop in Germantown, where he produced the nation's first German-language Bible in 1742 as well as its fir...
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| Collection: | David J. Kennedy watercolors (#V61) |
| Date: | 1889 |
| Location: | 4645-4653 Germantown Ave Philadelphia, PA USA |
| Call Number: | K: 5-12 |
| Box Number: | Box 5/2-53 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/3454 |
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Working from a print, David J. Kennedy (1783-1874) painted this image in 1899. Christopher Sower (born Johan Christoph Sauer, 1695-1758) immigrated from Germany in 1724. He set up a printing shop in Germantown, where he produced the nation's first German-language Bible in 1742 as well as its first German newspaper. Kennedy, himself an immigrant from Scotland, earned his living as a clerk of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. As a youngster, he taught himself to paint and draw, and as an adult pursued his art in his spare time. Kennedy captured the rapidly changing landscape of Philadelphia and although an amateur, achieved recognition during his lifetime through commissions and exhibitions. |
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