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Independence Hall in 1776 [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A126890
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Title
Independence Hall in 1776 [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia?]
Date
[ca. 1855]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph ; 15 x 24 cm (5.5 x 9.25 in)
Description
View looking east showing the State House at 520 Chestnut Street built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Includes the old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. (500 Chestnut) and Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut). View also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a conestoga wagon and the adjacent street corner.
Notes
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 876
Gift of David Doret.
Subject
City Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Congress Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Carriages & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 520.
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 500 block.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Associated name
Evans, David, Jr., fl. 1794-1806, architect.
Associated name
Hamilton, Andrew, ca. 1676-1741, architect.
Associated name
Woolley, Edmund, ca. 1695-1771, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| BW - Government Buildings - S [P.2011.51.8]
Accession number
P.2011.51.8
In Collections
Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Philadelphia on Stone: Library Company of Philadelphia
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