Creator |
W. Birch & Son. |
Contributor |
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834 |
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Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851 artist. |
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Seymour, Samuel, 1796-1823, engraver. |
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Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect. |
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McAllister, John, 1786-1877, publisher. |
Title |
Bank of Pennsylvania, South Second Street Philadelphia [graphic] / Drawn, Engraved & Published by W. Birch & Son Neshaminy
Bridge.
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Publisher |
[Philadelphia : John McAllister] |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1860 |
Date |
[1860] |
Physical Description |
1 print: engraving, hand-colored mounted in paper; 33 x 39 cm.(13 x 15.5 in.) |
Description |
View showing the second edifice of the Bank of Pennsylvania (established in 1780), built between 1798 and 1801, after the
designs of architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe on South Second Street above Walnut Street. Includes views of the mansion of Jewish
merchant David Franks, and the City Tavern (opened in 1773) used as a tavern, banquet hall, and merchant's exchange by several
eminent colonial Americans, including the Continental Congress. Depicts individuals walking the sidewalks, including a man
with a handcart, and several patrons gathered outside the tavern. The first American building built in the Greek Revival style,
the bank was razed in 1867. The tavern, razed in 1854, was reconstructed for the Bicentennial.
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Is referenced by |
Snyder, City of Independence 225. |
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Snyder, "William Birch: His Philadelphia Views" 27b. |
Notes |
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
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Illustrated in S. Robert Teitleman's Birch's Views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982,
rev. 2000), pl. 27.
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Subject |
Bank of Pennsylvania. |
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City Tavern (Restaurant) |
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Banks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Taverns (Inns) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Second Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 100 block. |
Genre |
Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1850-1860. |
Associated name |
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect. |
Printer |
McAllister, John, 1786-1877, publisher. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Birch's views [Sn 27b/P.8717] |
Accession number |
P.8717 |