Wissahickon
by Print Collector
Title
Wissahickon
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Print Collector
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Drawing - Illustration
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Wissahickon, near Paper-Mill Bridge', 1874. Wissahickon Creek, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 'No notice of Philadelphia would be complete without some description of the Wissahickon. This very picturesque little river winds through a narrow valley, between steep and richly-wooded banks, and possesses all the wildness of a stream far from the haunts of men, though it is but a few miles from one of the largest cities on the continent. Its beauties begin from the moment it pours its crystal current into the waters of the Schuylkill. As it approaches the latter river, it is quiet and peaceful ; but it soon becomes almost a mountain-torrent, as it is confined between narrow banks and overshadowed by towering hills'. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American . Artists" Vol. II, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1874]. Artist John Filmer. (Photo by The Print Collector/Heritage Images via Getty Images)
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