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Letitia House. [graphic].
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Creator
Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist.
Contributor
Kennedy & Lucas, printer.
Holden, Thomas, publisher.
Title
Letitia House. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia : [Kennedy & Lucas]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1833
Date
[1833]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph ; 17 x 10.5 cm. (6.75 x 4.25 in.)
Description
Book illustration showing the building known incorrectly as the Letitia Penn House on Letitia Street between Market and Chestnut streets. A man and a woman walk toward the house, which stands alone except for a large tree in the foreground. The misidentified residence, purportedly built in 1682 by William Penn and given to his daughter in 1701, was relocated to Fairmount Park in 1883.
Notes
Plate opposite page 88 in John F. Watson's Historic tales of olden time : concerning the early settlement and progress of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania ; for the use of families and schools ; illustrated with plates (Philadelphia : E. Littell : Thomas Holden, 1833).
William L. Breton and Kennedy & Lucas created many of the lithographic plates for Watson's Annals of Philadelphia, so it is probable that they also created the plates in Historic tales of olden time.
Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 435
Subject
Penn, William, -- 1644-1718 -- Homes and haunts.
Penn, Letitia -- Homes and haunts.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Letitia Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 008.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Book illustrations -- 1830-1840.
Printer
Holden, Thomas, publisher.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Am 1833 Wat [Log 2794.D.opp88]
Accession number
Log 2794.D.opp88
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