Details
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