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Franklin's statue, Philadelphia Library. [graphic] / Langenheim.
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A65569
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Details
Creator
W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer.
Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Lazzarini, Francesco, d. 1808, sculptor.
Title
Franklin's statue, Philadelphia Library. [graphic] / Langenheim.
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia
Date
ca. 1860
Physical Description
1 photographic print : stereoscopic view, with paper mount ; 9 x 17 cm. (3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description
Detail of the front facade of Library and Surgeons Hall, the Library Company of Philadelphia's first building at Fifth and Library Streets, depicting the marble statue of Franklin by Francesco Lazzarini commissioned by William Bingham circa 1792 to occupy a niche on the second story of the building.
Notes
Thin paper buff mount.
Title printed on mount.
Photographer's imprint stamped on mount.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Oringinally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Statues.
Library Company of Philadelphia -- Buildings.
Genre
Stereographs -- 1850-1860.
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Associated name
Lazzarini, Francesco, d. 1808, sculptor.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Langenheim - libraries [(6)1322.F.20c]
Accession number
(6)1322.F.20c
In Collections
William and Frederick Langenheim Stereograph Collection
Stereograph Collection
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