Details
Creator Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg) photographer.
Contributor Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Title The hole in the wall of Christ Church burial ground; [graphic] : on the southeast corner of Arch and Fifth street; opened for the purpose of exhibiting the tomb of Benjamin and Deborah Franklin, which is immediately in front nearest to the surface of the ground on Arch Street / Photograph by Richards.
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1859
Date April 1859
Physical Description 1 photographic print: salted paper mounted on paper; 15 x 21 cm.(6 x 8.25 in.)
Description Shows several tombs and monuments, including the Franklin graves, behind a section of ironwork fencing within a brick wall surrounding the church cemetery at 420-424 Arch Street. View also includes surrounding buildings.
Notes Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription 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 3, page 127. 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 Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Tomb.
Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808 -- Tomb.
Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Tombs & sepulchral monuments -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Arch Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 420-424.
Genre Salted paper prints -- 1850-1860.
Provenance Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Richards - Cemeteries - C [(3)2526.F.127 (Poulson)]
Accession number (3)2526.F.127 (Poulson)