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S.W. corner 8th & Chestnut Street, 1851. [graphic] / B.R. Evans.
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Fashioning Philadelphia: The Style of the City, 1720-1940
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Creator
Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist.
Contributor
Dreer, Ferdinand J. 1812-1902, former owner.
Title
S.W. corner 8th & Chestnut Street, 1851. [graphic] / B.R. Evans.
Publisher
Philadelphia
Date
ca. 1880
Physical Description
1 drawing : watercolor ; 25 x 32 cm. (10 x 12.5 in.)
Description
Depicts businesses on the south side of Chestnut Street between 7th and 8th Streets including H. Hooker & Co., stationer and bookseller (200 Chestnut, pre-consolidation); Murphy & Billmyers, house furnishings and hardware (202 Chestnut); W. J. Horstman, trimmings (204 Chestnut); Cornelius Everest, jeweler (206 Chestnut) and Le Boutillier Brothers, fancy dry goods (208 Chestnut). Also includes street and pedestrain traffic including coaches and an omnibus.
Notes
Watercolor created for Philadelphia antiquarian Ferdinand Dreer circa 1880 probably based on Julio H. Rae's Philadelphia Pictorial Directory & Panoramic Advertiser (Philadelphia: Julio H. Rae, 1851) plate 13, south side.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections.
LCP AR (Annual Report) 1975, p. 6-11.
Geographic subject
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 700 block -- South side.
Genre
Watercolors -- 1870-1880.
Provenance
Dreer, Ferdinand J. (Ferdinand Julius), 1812-1902, former owner.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Evans watercolors [P.2298.4]
Accession number
P.2298.4
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Fashioning Philadelphia: The Style of the City, 1720-1940
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