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Southside Chestnut St. from Carpenters Court to 4th St., 1809 [graphic] / B.R. Evans.
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A129898
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Creator
Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist.
Contributor
Dreer, Ferdinand J. 1812-1902, collector.
Title
Southside Chestnut St. from Carpenters Court to 4th St., 1809 [graphic] / B.R. Evans.
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1883
Date
1883
Physical Description
1 drawing : watercolor ; sheet 26 x 32 cm (10 x 12.75 in.)
Description
View showing the block of four wooden buildings, including a stable, near the back of Carpenter's Hall during the year 1809. A horse-drawn carriage travels down the street. Several men and women pedestrians, including an African American man, attired in an apron and carrying two bundles, walk the sidewalks.
Notes
Title from item.
Inscribed on recto: Copy.
Commissioned by Philadelphia antiquarian Ferdinand Dreer.
Lib. Company. Annual report, 1975, p. 6-11.
Purchase 1975.
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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Wooden buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 300 block.
Genre
Watercolors -- 1880-1890.
Provenance
Dreer, Ferdinand J. (Ferdinand Julius), 1812-1902, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Evans watercolors [P.2298.146]
Accession number
P.2298.146
In Collections
African American History Prints and Watercolors and Drawings
Benjamin Evans Watercolor Collection
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