Details
Creator Wells, C. H. (Charles H.), approximately 1832-1884, artist.
Contributor Knor, Jacob, builder.
Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, former owner.
Title Chew's house, Germantown [graphic] / C.H. Wells, pt.
Publisher Philadelphia
Date [November 1856]
Physical Description 1 drawing : pen and ink drawing mounted on paper ; sheet 11 x 11 cm
Description Watercolor view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Shows the exterior of the mansion surrounded by trees and shrubbery. In front of the residence is a circular dirt pathway. Two busts on pedestals are visible on the left and right sides of the house. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Notes Title from item.
Date from manuscript note on mount: Nov. 1856.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Inscribed in lower right corner of drawing: vol. 5, 2526.F.6.
Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia.
Subject Chew, Benjamin, 1758-1844 -- Homes and haunts.
Cliveden of the National Trust (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Slavery -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 6401.
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1774-1781 -- Historic sites.
Genre Ink drawings -- 1850-1860
Associated name Knor, Jacob, builder.
Provenance Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, former owner.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Drawings and Watercolors - W [2526.F.c]
Accession number 2526.F.c