Creator |
Barker, J. J. (John Jesse), artist. |
Contributor |
Mason, William G., artist. |
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Hobson, R. H., publisher. |
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Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect. |
Title |
Horizontorium. [graphic] / From the original drawing by Wm. Mason in the possession of Charles N. Bancker Esqr.; drawn on
stone by J.J. Barker.
|
Publisher |
Philadelphia: Published by R. H. Hobson 147 Chestnut Street |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1832 |
Date |
c1832 |
Physical Description |
1 print: lithograph; 55 x 42 cm. (22 x 16.75 in.) |
Description |
Morphed view of the Gothic-style bank building, erected in 1808 after the designs of Benjamin Henry Latrobe at the southwest
corner of Fourth and Chestnut streets. Shows the building projecting upward from the plane of the paper causing a cathedral
like effect to the architecture. A gate, lawn, and trees surround the building. An outbuilding is visible on the property.
Couples and a lady with a parasol stroll on the sidewalk. The Philadelphia Bank or Bank of Philadelphia (predecessor of the
Philadelphia National Bank), formed in 1803, and was incorporated in 1804 as the unofficial bank of the commonwealth. The
building was razed in 1836. Print is the only recognized American "Horizontorium" image and one of two known views of the
bank.
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Is referenced by |
Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 102 |
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Wainwright 178 |
Notes |
Given the publisher, Wainwright suggests that the probable printer was Childs & Inman. |
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Manuscript note on recto: Fourth Street. Chestnut Street. |
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Semi-circle legend printed on recto lower center edge. Legend used for a paper tab with pinhole to be pasted onto print in
order to view the subject in the proper perspective.
|
|
Philadelphia on Stone |
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POS 360 |
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Mason, a Philadelphia engraver and artist, specialized in scenes of Philadelphia architecture. |
|
LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #47. |
|
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited. |
|
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc19 H811. |
Subject |
Bank of Philadelphia. |
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Banks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Fourth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 000 block. |
Genre |
Lithographs -- 1830-1840. |
Associated name |
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect. |
Printer |
Hobson, R. H., publisher. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **W178 [P.2070] |
Accession number |
P.2070 |