Details
Creator Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist.
Contributor Dreer, Ferdinand J. 1812-1902, former owner.
Title House where Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, s.w. cor 7th & Market St. 1776 [graphic] / B.R. Evans.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1889
Date 1889
Physical Description 1 drawing : watercolor ; sheet 32 x 26 cm (12.75 x 10 in.)
Description Exterior view showing the three-and-a-half story brick residence of bricklayer Jacob Graff, Jr. during the year 1776. Jefferson resided as a boarder on the second floor. Men and women pedestrians stroll the sidewalk including an African American peddler. Residence, later converted to a warehouse and then demolished in 1883 for the erection of the Penn National Bank, was reconstructed in 1968 in anticipation of the Bicentennial.
Notes Title from item.
Possibly commissioned by Philadelphia antiquarian Ferdinand Dreer.
Lib. Company. Annual report, 1975, p. 6-11.
Purchase 1975.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
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 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Homes and haunts.
United States. Declaration of Independence
Graff House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Peddlers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 700.
Genre Watercolors -- 1880-1890.
Provenance Dreer, Ferdinand J. (Ferdinand Julius), 1812-1902, former owner.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Evans watercolors [P.2298.144]
Accession number P.2298.144