Printed by I. Schaerer. A very little spotting of color in upper right sky. Very good condition. Superior impression and clarity. An excellent bird's eye view of Philadelphia drawn from a perspective over Windmill Island in the Delaware, looking west down Market Street and south down the Delaware River.
Great detail is shown of the city and sites are easily identifiable.
The physical limits of Philadelphia are graphically illustrated, with rural countryside seen to the south and west. The growing industrialization of Philadelphia is documented by the numerous smoke stacks billowing forth around the city and in the distance. The modernization of the city is also represented in the foreground at the waterfront. There is a plethora of schooners and other sailing vessels depicted in the river and tied to the quays. One fascinating feature is the inclusion of names and small portraits on the side of the wheelhouses of two of the paddle-wheelers.