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Archive for the ‘Happenings on the Hill’ Category
Mother’s Day at Avenida
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
Special Flowers for Mother’s Day from Robertson’s Flowers
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 |
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This Week at Drake’s
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
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Indigo Schuy featured on OHMYDALIA blog
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
Read the terrific write up here. Thank you Dalia! Congratulations to Indigo Schuy!
Roller’s Restaurants – Festival Fare!
Saturday, May 5th, 2012
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COME SEE US!
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| The Pig & The Fish hit the Avenue this Sunday for the 16th annual Chestnut Hill Home & Garden Festival. Paul & Elizabeth, the dynamic Roller father/daughter duo, will be keeping the tradition and feeding the famished their unbelievably delicious roast pork and crab cake sandwiches. Ice cold beer, wine and strawberry-lemonade will be there to quench your thirst. It’s always a terrific day, so come on out, join the happy crowds, stop by, say “HI!” and enjoy some great grub! P.S. Flying Fish will open at 5 for Sunday Dinner. (Yes, that means soft shells!) See www.chestnuthillpa.com for more info about the festival. |
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 For the foot-weary and crowd-overwhelmed in need of some comforting sustenance, look no further than Express-o on Sunday. From the pitch-perfect French toast to the gorgeous omelettes and the zippy Bloody Marys, there’s lots on the menu to revive you. Step off the street and join us for a bit. We look forward to seeing you. As always, 8am-3pm. |
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| One little last reminder….make sure you’ve got Saturday, 5/19 on your calendar for the return of LARRY CORYELL to Chestnut Hill…..this time at the Stagecrafters Theatre. 8pm show. Tickets and more information at www.emusictime.com |
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Patch gives an update on the Home & Garden Festival
Saturday, May 5th, 2012We couldn’t do it better ourselves! Thanks to Kaitlyn Foti’s article.
Philadelphia Print Shop News
Friday, May 4th, 2012
Remarques from the Philadelphia Print Shop
May events:
Don Cresswell heads to Missouri for the St. Louis Fine Print, Rare Book & Paper Arts Fair, May 4-6, at the St. Louis Mercantile Library, University of Missouri-St. Louis. For show hours and more details, visit the show website at: www.umsl.edu/mercantile/printfair.html
Visit the Philadelphia Print Shop site for a complete listing of upcoming shows.
The 16th Annual Chestnut Hill Home & Garden Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 6, just outside the door to our shop on Germantown Avenue. Visit the event website for more details, and come visit Chestnut Hill!
Janvier: Western Hemisphere puzzle
Jean Janvier. “L’Amerique divisée en ses principaux Etats.” Paris: Jean Lattré & Delalain, 1784. Map mounted on backing and cut into pieces to make a puzzle. Map: 18 1/2 x 26. Engraving. Original hand color. Some surface stains. A few narrow ends of pieces broken off. Overall, very good condition.
Jean Janvier was a French cartographer who worked in Paris in the latter part of the eighteenth century. Janvier’s maps contained the best information available at the time, even though some of it was erroneous. This map of North and South America is a good example of this, for the information on the coastlines, islands, rivers, major cities is all excellent, yet the map features a large, non-existent lake, “Mer ou Baye De l’Ouest” in the Pacific Northwest. This large lake was a result of the mistaken belief in a Northwest Passage through the interior of the continent, and this depiction is a classic of this cartographic myth.
Janvier shows the political division of the colonies of Spain, Portugal, France and England, as well as the newly formed United States, as interpreted from the French point of view. The map is nicely colored and an elaborate title cartouche graces the upper left corner. This edition of his map was, as noted in the title cartouche, updated to reflect the information gained from the voyages of Capt. James Cook. Map puzzles have a long history, but few survive intact, especially from the eighteenth century. $1,800. See this and other maps of the Western Hemisphere available online.
This newsletter contains news about The Philadelphia Print Shop, and occasional selections from inventory. Packing, shipping and insurance charges are billed at cost; please phone or e-mail for a shipping quote to your address.
Should you seek something specific, please e-mail to
or phone in Philadelphia at 215.242.4750 or fax 215.242.6977 or in Denver at 303.322.4757 or fax 303.322.0516.
Chris Lane writes periodically on the subject of Antique Prints. Find his blog online. Shop locations & hours:
The Philadelphia Print Shop, Ltd. Monday – Saturday 10 to 6
8441 Germantown Avenue
Chestnut Hill
Philadelphia PA 19118
The Philadelphia Print Shop West Tuesday – Saturday 10 to 5
2819 East 2nd Avenue
Street Level
Denver CO 80206
Yosemite Chromolithograph”by one of the first artists in America” “Yosemite Falls.” New York: W.J. Demorest, 1872. Chromolithograph. 12 x 10. With original frame and advertising label. Conserved and refit with rag backing. Denver.
“A Magnificent Prize! Surpassing All Other Offers.. Each Subscriber To Demorest’s Monthly Magazine, at Three Dollars a year, will be presented with a premium of Two Elegant Chromos, companion pictures of the two most desirable and popular subjects in America-the Falls of Niagara and Yosemite Falls.” So is described the offer from W. Jennings Demorest to his subscribers in 1872.
The original chromolithographs (“the best pictures ever published for Ten Dollars, and are veritable gems, worthy of being enshrined in an honored place in our homes”) were sent to each subscriber who paid the $3.08 shipping cost. Though probably sent out in the thousands, this and the companion print of Niagara Falls are very rare images. $575
Click here to see more chromolithographic views.
What question do you have about collecting or conserving antique prints and maps?
Email your questions to newsletter@philaprintshop.com. Come on, you know you have one!
A Very Special Event at the Carol Schwartz Gallery
Friday, May 4th, 2012
The Carol Schwartz Gallery Celebrates Spring
with the Beautiful Art of Tony La Salle!
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Elliot Schwartz
Carol Schwartz Gallery
101 Bethlehem Pike
Philadelphia, PA 19118
215-242-4510
215-242-1698 Fax
CarolSchwartzGallery@Gmail.com
WWW.CarolSchwartzGallery.com
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