Creator |
M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer. |
Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
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Le Brun, Napoleon, 1821-1901, architect. |
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Notman, John, 1810-1865, architect. |
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Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884, architect. |
Title |
Harrison's House, 18th and Locust at Rittenhouse Square. [graphic]. |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1859 |
Date |
March 1859 |
Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen; 22 x 29 cm.(8.75 x 11.5 in.) |
Description |
View of the east side of the 200 block of South Eighteenth Street, including the residence of locomotive engineer Joseph Harrison,
Jr. built 1849 after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun (221-225 S. 18th). Also shows the mansion of hotel entrepreneur George
W. Edwards built 1855-1857 after the designs of Samuel Sloan (1724 Walnut) and the rectory for St. Mark's Church designed
by John Notman, later residence of gentleman William H. Harrison (227-229 S. 18th).
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Notes |
Title and date from manuscript note on verso. |
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Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. |
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Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
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Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the
19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 28.
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Arcadia caption text: This spectacular row of Rittenhouse Square mansions on the east side of Eighteenth Street between Walnut
and Locust was erected between 1849 and 1857. Designed by three different Philadelphia architects, the houses exhibit strikingly
disparate architectural styles reflecting a mid-century trend for increasing diversity in domestic architecture which was
made possible by a greater availability of varieties of stone. The Italianate home of hotelier George Edwards, visible in
the distance, was designed by Napoleon LeBrun. Samuel Sloan’s plans for Joseph Harrison, Jr.’s Baroque Revival mansion with
its symmetrical wings included a conservatory and a gallery for Harrison’s extensive art collection. The adjoining Gothic
Revival structure in the foreground was designed by John Notman as the rectory for St. Mark’s Church.
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Biographical / historical note |
McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views
of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
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Subject |
Edwards, George W., 1805-1861 -- Homes and haunts. |
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Harrison, Joseph, 1810-1874 -- Homes and haunts. |
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Harrison, William H. -- Homes and haunts. |
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Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Eighteenth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 200 block -- East side. |
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Rittenhouse Square (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860. |
Associated name |
Le Brun, Napoleon, 1821-1901, architect. |
Associated name |
Notman, John, 1810-1865, architect. |
Associated name |
Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884, architect. |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - McClees - Residences - H [(6)1322.F.154b] |
Accession number |
(6)1322.F.154b |