Creator |
Coates, Andrew, photographer. |
Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
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Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884, architect. |
Title |
Rear of J. Harrison Jr. residence - 18th below Walnut. [graphic] / Taken by A. Coates about 1859. |
Publisher |
Bristol, Pa |
Publisher |
PA. Bristol. 1859 |
Date |
ca. 1859 |
Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 7cm.(3.25 x 6.5 in.) |
Description |
Shows the rear of the mansion with garden of locomotive engineer and inventor Joseph Harrison, Jr. built 1855-1857 after the
designs of Samuel Sloan at 221-225 South 18th Street near Rittenhouse Square. Razed 1925.
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Notes |
Title and photographer from accompanying label. |
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Manuscript note on verso: J. Harrison - [Reside]nce 18th bel Wal[nut]. |
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Buff paper mount with square corners. |
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Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the
19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 29.
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Arcadia caption text: Joseph Harrison, Jr., whose mansion appears at the center of the view opposite, conceived of the lot
behind his home extending the entire width of the block as a private park to be shared by Harrison and the inhabitants of
the elegant row he constructed along Locust Street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth Street (see image below). This view
of the garden, with its collection of ornamental shrubs and winding carriage road, also provides an unusual glimpse of the
charming architectural features at the back of the mansion including the conservatory, the balcony, and the back gate.
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Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited |
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Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. |
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Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
Subject |
Harrison, Joseph, 1810-1874 -- Homes and haunts. |
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Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Eighteenth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 221-225. |
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Rittenhouse Square (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860. |
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Stereographs -- 1850-1860. |
Associated name |
Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884, architect. |
Provenance: |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Coates - Residences [(8)1322.F.19b] |
Accession number |
(8)1322.F.19b |