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South east corner Broad and South Penn Square 1865 [graphic] : Tabernacle Presbyterian Church / Henry B. McIntire.
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Creator
McIntire, Henry B., 1872-1963, artist.
Contributor
Le Brun, Napoleon, 1821-1901, architect.
Title
South east corner Broad and South Penn Square 1865 [graphic] : Tabernacle Presbyterian Church / Henry B. McIntire.
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1936
Date
1936
Physical Description
1 drawing : watercolor ; mount 46 x 36 cm (18 x 14 in.)
Description
Exterior view of the Seventh Presbyterian Church built 1842 after the designs of Napoleon LeBrun at 1 South Broad Street, Philadelphia. Shows the front facade of the Greek Revival-style church with several steps leading to a portico. Numerous pedestrians walk in front of and around the church, and horse-drawn carriages travel down the streets. Also shows an adjacent building in the right and a tree at the street corner in the left.
Notes
Title and date from item.
Signed by the artist in the lower right.
Manuscript note written on verso: Further reproduction of this drawing reserved by Henry B. McIntire.
Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
Biographical / historical note
Henry B. McIntire (1872-1963) was an architectural illustrator active in Philadelphia from the 1930s to 1950s. His 1936 book, Philadelphia Then and Now, contained drawings of no longer extant buildings and contemporary images of those locations. He often used an offset lithographic printing process called aquatone in his work.
Subject
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly.
Seventh Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Presbyterian churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 000 block.
Genre
Watercolors -- 1930-1940.
Associated name
Le Brun, Napoleon, 1821-1901, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.62.11]
Accession number
P.2019.62.11
In Collections
David Doret and Linda Mitchell Collection of Original Art
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