Inscribed, "To Joseph S. Lewis Esquire, this View of Fair Mount Works, is inscribed by a number of his fellow citizens as a tribute of respect and gratitude for the eminent service he has rendered to the City of Philadelphia, in originating and by his persevering and disinterested exertions bringing to a completion the public work here exhibited which for magnificence of conception, simplicity and solidarity of execution and unmixed character of beneficence, is worthy of being placed among the noblest achievements of enlightened civic enterprise.", matted and framed.

16 in. x 20 in. (sight), 25 in. x 29 in. (frame)