Details
Creator Dick, Archibald L., approximately 1805-approximately 1855, engraver.
Contributor Knor, Jacob, builder.
Godey, Louis Antoine, 1804-1878, publisher.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title The battle ground at Germantown. Cliveden or Chew's House [graphic] / Engraved by A.L. Dick; Painted expressly for Godey's Magazine by Russell Smith.
Publisher [Philadelphia] : [L.A. Godey]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1844
Date [December 1844]
Physical Description 1 print : engraving ; sheet 17 x 27 cm (6.75 x 10.5 in.)
Description Periodical illustration depicting the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. On the grounds in the foreground, a white boy stands beside a chair and exchanges a book with an African American man. Benjamin Chew owned property from Delaware to Maryland, including plantations that enslaved people. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Notes Title from item.
Plate from: Godey's magazine and lady's book, December, 1844. (LCP Per G 43).
Smith, a prominent Philadelphia landscape painter and friend of Godey's publisher, Louis A. Godey, had several of his Philadelphia and Pittsburgh views engraved for the 1844 issues of the periodical. Smith's painting, Chew House, Germantown, is in the collection at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of engravings relating to Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject Chew, Benjamin, 1758-1844 -- Homes and haunts.
Cliveden of the National Trust (Philadelphia, Pa.)
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Germantown, Battle of, Philadelphia, Pa., 1777.
Servants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Slavery -- Pennsylvania -- Germantown.
Geographic subject Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 6401.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1774-1781 -- Historic sites.
Genre Engravings -- 1840-1850.
Periodical illustrations -- 1840-1850.
Associated name Knor, Jacob, builder.
Printer Godey, Louis Antoine, 1804-1878, publisher.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| PhPr - 11x14 - Residences [(7)1322.F.12b]
Accession number (7)1322.F.12b