Details
Contributor Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Title United States Bank Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia: s.n]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1835
Date [1835]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 13 x 17 cm. (5 x 6.5 in.)
Description View showing the Second Bank of the United States constructed 1818-24 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland at 420 Chestnut Street. Includes a couple and a man strolling on the sidewalk, and two ladies conversing with a gentleman at the open gate to the alley west of the bank. Also shows a partial view of an adjacent building. Served as the Bank of the United States (i.e. Second Bank) until 1836 when the charter was not renewed. Served as U.S. Custom House 1844-1935.
Is referenced by Wainwright 416
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POS 777
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia.
Subject Bank of the United States (1816-1836)
Banks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 420.
Genre Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Associated name Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Provenance Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W416 [(1)1525.F.45b]
Accession number (1)1525.F.45b