Details
Creator McIntire, Henry B., 1872-1963, artist.
Title South west corner 12th and Market Streets, 1841 [graphic] / H. B. McIntire.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1935
Date [ca. 1935]
Physical Description 1 drawing : pencil ; sheet 42 x 30 cm (16 x 12 in.)
Description View looking south showing the 1200 block of Market Street Philadelphia in 1841. Shows, at the corner of the block, the one and one-half story building adorned with signs for the grocery store of H. & W. Patterson and the shop of Robert Ligget, cabinetmaker. Also shows adjacent buildings and pedestrian and street traffic, including a young boy playing with a hoop; horse-drawn carriages; and a man overseeing a team of six mules pulling a large, wooden freight car. Depicts adjacent buildings in the left and right.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist.
Signed by the artist in the lower right.
Gift of David Doret, 2019.
Biographical / historical note Henry B. McIntire (1872-1963) was an architectural illustrator active in Philadelphia from the 1930s to 1950s. His 1936 book, Philadelphia Then and Now, contained drawings of no longer extant buildings and contemporary images of those locations. He often used an offset lithographic printing process called aquatone in his work.
Subject Ligget, Robert.
H. &. W. Patterson.
Boys -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Cabinetmaking -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Grocery stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Storefronts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1200 block.
Genre Pencil drawings -- 1930-1940.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2019.62.12]
Accession number P.2019.62.12