Details
Creator Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer.
Contributor Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Title Residence of Wm. Crammond [sic], esq. s.w. corner of Third and Spruce Street. [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1859
Date June 1859
Physical Description 1 photographic print: salted paper mounted on paper; 21 x 16 cm.(8.25 x 6.25 in.)
Description View looking southwest showing the former residence of Philadelphia merchant William Cramond. Ironwork gates adorn the lower level of the building. Also includes signage visible in the left of the image advertising "City Office."
Notes Attributed to F. De B Richards.
Tile from manuscript note by Poulson inscribed on mount.
Date inscribed on photograph.
Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 11, page 85. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with edited.
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Subject Cramond, William, 1754-1843 -- Homes and haunts.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Ironwork -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Spruce Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 300 block -- South side.
Genre Salted paper prints -- 1850-1860.
Provenance Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Richards - Residences - C [(11)2526.F.85]
Accession number (11)2526.F.85