Details
Creator Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist.
Contributor Dreer, Ferdinand J. 1812-1902, collector.
Title South side Chestnut St. from 3rd to Hudsons Alley, 1809. [graphic] / B.R. Evans.
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1883
Date 1809, 1883
Physical Description 1 drawing : watercolor ; sheet 26 x 32 cm (10 x 12.75 in.)
Description View showing the block from 96 to 110 Chestnut Street during the year 1809. Depicts a row of five three-and-a-half story red brick townhouses attached to a row of three red brick storefronts. A horse-drawn carriage and wagon travel down the streets. Pedestrians, including an African American man in an apron pushing a hand cart, walk and converse on 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Rowhouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Stores & shops -- 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.2298.147]
Accession number P.2298.147