| Creator |
Louderbach & Hoffmann, engraver. |
| Contributor |
Brightly, Henry A., approximately 1791-, delineator. |
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Notman, John, 1810-1865, architect. |
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Brightly, Henry A., approximately 1791-, delineator. |
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Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector. |
| Title |
Academy of Natural Sciences [graphic] / Brightly, del.; Louderback [sic] & Hoffman, sc. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] : [Lindsay & Blakiston] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1852 |
| Date |
[1852] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : wood engraving ; sheet 8 x 9 cm (3 x 3.5 in.) |
| Description |
Book illustration depicting an exterior of the museum building at Broad and George (i.e., Sansom) Streets built from 1839
to 1840 after designs by Philadelphia architect, John Notman. In the foreground, pedestrian traffic includes an African American
man peddler carrying a rack of ducks. The Academy, incorporated in 1815 as a scientific association to disseminate and promote
the knowledge of natural history, opened as a public museum in 1828.
|
| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Published in R.A. Smith's Philadelphia as it is in 1852 (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1852), p. 203. (LCP Am 1852 Smith). |
|
Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia. |
|
Poulson inscription: 1852. |
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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 |
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. |
|
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Ducks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Natural history museums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Peddlers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- corner of Sansom. |
| Genre |
Book illustrations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Wood engravings -- 1850-1860. |
| Illustrator |
Brightly, Henry A., approximately 1791-, delineator. |
| Provenance |
Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| PhPr - 8x10 - Museums [(1)1525.F.36e] |
| Accession number |
(1)1525.F.36e |
