Details
Creator Dull, John J., 1859-1949, artist.
Title [Philadelphia street scene with gas station] [graphic] / Dull.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1935
Date [ca. 1935]
Physical Description 1 drawing : watercolor ; sheet 17 x 22 cm (6.75 x 8.5 in.)
Description Watercolor of a street scene in Philadelphia, probably with the United States Custom House in the background. Shows pedestrians walking on the sidewalks down the street. In the right, shows the front entrance to the three-story, brick building. In the left, a black car is parked near two, red gas pumps at a gas station. Behind the station is a large, near block-long, four-story building. View also shows a large skyscraper, probably the United States Custom House constructed from 1932 to 1934 after the designs of Ritter and Shay at 200 Chestnut Street, towering in the background.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist.
Signed by artist in lower right corner.
Verso contains a rough sketch of a landscape of hills.
Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
Biographical / historical note John J. Dull (1859-1949), an architect and artist, was born in Philadelphia and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts., An instructor at Drexel University and the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Arts, he was also a member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club, the Philadelphia Watercolor Club, the Philadelphia Art Alliance, and the T-Square Club.
Subject United States Custom House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Automobile service stations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Customhouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Gasoline pumps -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Watercolors -- 1930-1940.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.62.1]
Accession number P.2019.62.1