Contributor |
Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist. |
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Dreer, Ferdinand J. 1812-1902, former owner. |
Title |
No. 15 South 4th St., 1831. [graphic] / B. R. Evans, del. Copied from copy in Bement Collection by J. M. K. 1896. |
Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1896 |
Date |
1896 |
Physical Description |
1 drawing : wash ; sheet 33 x 27 cm (13 x 10.5 in.) |
Description |
Advertisement depicting the three-and-a-half story hotel at 15 South Fourth Street operated, as indicated by a placard above
the door, by Horatio Wade, the proprietor from 1831 until 1833. Elegantly dressed white guests rest and read inside near the
first floor windows and converse in front of the hotel. On the sidewalk, well-dressed white men, women, and children pedestrians
stroll. An African American man, probably a hotel porter, pushes a wheelbarrow of luggage. The Indian Queen Hotel established
in 1771, the building altered several times until razed in 1851, was until the mid-19th century incorrectly identified as
the site where Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.
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Notes |
Later copy of an Evans watercolor created for Philadelphia antiquarian Ferdinand Dreer circa 1880 probably based on lithographic
trade card for the Indian Queen Hotel published by Childs & Inman in 1831 (Wainwright #184).
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Lib. Company. Annual report, 1975, p. 6-11. |
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Accessioned 1982. |
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Description revised 2022. |
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Access points revised 2022. |
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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.
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Subject |
Indian Queen Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Hotel porters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Reading -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Fourth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 15. |
Genre |
Wash drawings -- 1890-1900. |
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Watercolors -- 1890-1900. |
Provenance |
Dreer, Ferdinand J. (Ferdinand Julius), 1812-1902, former owner. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Evans watercolors [P.8933.6] |
Accession number |
P.8933.6 |