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Creator Essig, George Emerick, 1838-1923, artist.
Title No. 173 (now 509) Chestnut St. owned and occupied by the Company from 1817 to 1826. [graphic] / Geo. E. Essig.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1880
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 1 drawing : watercolor ; mount 30 x 47 cm (11.5 x 18.5 in.)
Description Watercolor of the Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities’ office building on the 500 block of Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Shows the four-story building with an awning extending from the first story of the building to the outer edge of the sidewalk and a sign above the front entrance that reads, “Pennsylvania Company.” Also shows partial views of the adjacent buildings. The Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities was founded in 1812. In 1872, it was renamed as the Pennsylvania Company for Banking and Trust. The firm merged with the Bank of North America and Trust Company in 1929. The Company occupied the building at 173 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia from 1817 to 1826.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist.
Signed by the artist in the lower center.
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 Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities.
Insurance companies -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Office buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 509.
Genre Watercolors -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.62.9]
Accession number P.2019.62.9