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Costume des Quakers [graphic] : Bibliothéque de Philadelphie.
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Contributor
Thornton, William, 1759-1828, architect.
Title
Costume des Quakers [graphic] : Bibliothéque de Philadelphie.
Publisher
[Paris]
Publisher
FRANCE. Paris. 1821
Date
[1821]
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph, hand-colored; 16 x 21 cm. (6 x 8.25 in.)
Description
Plate showing a Quaker man outside and a Quaker woman and man within a fence in front of the subscription library, Library Company of Philadelphia, at 5th and Library streets. The men wear broad rimmed hats, long coats, and pantaloons. The woman wears a plain dress, shawl, and bonnet. She holds a basket. The Library Company, established by Benjamin Franklin and his Junto in 1731, occupied the hall built in 1790 after the designs of Dr. William Thornton until 1880. The building was razed in 1887.
Notes
Published in Édouard de Montulé's Voyage en Amérique, en Italie, en Sicile et en Egypte, pendant les années 1816, 1817, 1818 et 1819 (Paris, Delaunay [etc.], 1821).
Printed in the upper right corner: Pl. 6.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 166
Subject
Library Company of Philadelphia -- Buildings.
Quakers -- Clothing & dress.
Geographic subject
Fifth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 100 block.
Genre
Book illustrations -- 1840-1850.
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1840-1850.
Associated name
Thornton, William, 1759-1828, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| BW - Libraries - Library Company [P.8476]
Accession number
P.8476
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