Details
Creator W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Lazzarini, Francesco, d. 1808, sculptor.
Title Franklin's statue, Philadelphia Library. [graphic] / Langenheim.
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia
Date ca. 1860
Physical Description 1 photographic print : stereoscopic view, with paper mount ; 9 x 17 cm. (3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description Detail of the front facade of Library and Surgeons Hall, the Library Company of Philadelphia's first building at Fifth and Library Streets, depicting the marble statue of Franklin by Francesco Lazzarini commissioned by William Bingham circa 1792 to occupy a niche on the second story of the building.
Notes Thin paper buff mount.
Title printed on mount.
Photographer's imprint stamped on mount.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Oringinally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Statues.
Library Company of Philadelphia -- Buildings.
Genre Stereographs -- 1850-1860.
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Associated name Lazzarini, Francesco, d. 1808, sculptor.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Langenheim - libraries [(6)1322.F.20c]
Accession number (6)1322.F.20c