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Creator Essig, George Emerick, 1838-1923, artist.
Contributor Breton, William L., approximately 1773-1855, artist.
Title Clark’s Inn [graphic] : (commonly known in the ante revolutionary period as the “Coach and Horses” in 1745) opposite the State House. / Geo. E. Essig.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1880
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 1 drawing : watercolor ; mount 47 x 47 cm (18 x 18 in.)
Description Watercolor after William Breton’s lithograph in John F. Watson's Annals of Philadelphia (1830) of Clark’s Inn, also known as the State House Inn, on the north side of the 500 block of Chestnut Street. Shows the two-and-a-half story inn with a gabled roof and an addition in the rear. Five men sit and stand under a covered portico at the front entrance. To the left are two neighboring buildings. Several pedestrians walk along the road, including a man in the foreground attired in eighteenth-century clothes and using a walking stick. Trees flank the inn, and several trees are visible in the background. The inn, built circa 1693, served as a respite for members of Congress and purportedly William Penn.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist.
Signed by the artist in the lower left corner.
Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
Biographical / historical note George Emerick Essig (1838-1923), a Philadelphia-born painter, watercolorist, and etcher, specialized in marine scenes, particularly of the New Jersey coast. He exhibited his work at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1876 to 1888.
Subject Clark's Inn (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Taverns (Inns) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 500 block.
Genre Watercolors -- 1870-1880.
Associated name Breton, William L., approximately 1773-1855, artist.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.62.7]
Accession number P.2019.62.7