Details
Creator Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer.
Contributor Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Title House s.w. corner of Prune and Fourth street [graphic] : House built and occupied by Joseph P. Norris, Jr. - and also - St. Mary's church - the part of a house on the right of the picture is that occupied by Louis Phillip of France - see next page - The first house here pictured, was originally occupied by Dr. Shippen, afterwards by Dr. C. Wister; there was then a two-storied brick office, on the south of it, on Fourth Street, which gave place to the present mansion, now occupied by John Cadwalader. J.R. Tyson now lives in the "Wister-house." -April 4th 1858. / Photograph by Richards.
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1857
Date September 1857
Physical Description 1 photographic print: salted paper mounted on paper; 19 x 15 cm.(7.5 x 6 in.)
Description View looking south on Fourth Street from the northeast corner of Prune Street [i.e. Locust Street] showing the Shippen-Wistar House built circa 1765 at 238 South 4th Street. Includes a few men and boys posed on the street corner. Residence of William Shippen circa 1765-1797 and Caspar Wistar 1798-1809.
Notes Title, photographer's imprint, and date from Poulson inscription on mount.
Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 43. 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, edited.
Subject Shippen, William, 1712-1801 -- Homes and haunts.
Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 -- Homes and haunts.
Tyson, Job R. (Job Roberts), 1803-1858 -- Homes and haunts.
Geographic subject Fourth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 200 block.
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 - S [(5)2526.F.5a (Poulson)]
Accession number (5)2526.F.5a (Poulson)