Details
Creator Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, lithographer.
Contributor Printer Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856, publisher.
Title Market Street, from Front St. [graphic] / Lith. of J.T. Bowen.
Publisher Philadelphia: Pub. by J.T. Bowen at his Lithographic & Print Coloring Establishment, No. 94 Walnut Street,
Date c1840, 1848.
Extent 1 print: lithograph, hand-colored; 16 x 19 cm. (6.25 x 7.75 in.)
Description View of the active business-lined street containing the "New Jersey" Market terminus, named after its central location to the ferries of New Jersey, the city's main provider of farm produce. Several marketers and pedestrians, including African Americans, stroll the streets, sidewalks, and under the market shed designed with cupola and clock. Peddlers sell their goods from carts on Front Street. Built in 1822, the market operated until the abolition of street markets in 1859.
Notes Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen.
Issued as plate 14 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring.
Snyder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
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Genre Lithographs Hand-colored 1840-1850.
Subject Markets--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Stores & shops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Spatial coverage Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)--100 block.
Is part of Wainwright Philadelphia Lithographs
Is referenced by Wainwright 227 third state.
Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelpha 131.
Has format TMP.objres.4504.jpg
Related resource http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W227-3.htm
Call number Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W227 [P.2099]
Accession number P.2099