Details
Creator Breton, William L., approximately 1773-1855, artist.
Contributor Lehman & Duval Lithrs, printer.
Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Title [Wine & liquor store. Charles Egner 10 North Third Street, Philadelphia] [graphic] / On stone by W. L. Breton.
Publisher Philadelphia : Lehman & Duval Lithrs. Philada
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1837
Date [ca. 1837]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 21 x 17 cm (8.25 x 6.5 in.)
Description Advertisement showing the busy four-story storefront for "Charles Enger Wine & Liquor Store." Two white gentleman converse near a row of stacked barrels within the store and two male workers, including an African American man, hoist a barrel at the second entranceway. In front of the open cellar to the building, a white man employee rolls one of several barrels lined on the sidewalk. To the left of the worker, three barrels stand upright and a white gentleman approaches. Also shows boxes in the first-floor store window; the shutters and windows of the upper floors in various states of being open; and partial views of the adjacent buildings.
Is referenced by Wainwright, 460
Notes Poulson inscription on recto: N. Third St. Third Street. Oct. 1846.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 845
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
LCP copy trimmed and lacking title.
Accessioned 1982.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Subject Enger, Charles.
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Barrels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Liquor stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American laborers.
Geographic subject Third Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 000 block.
Genre Advertisements -- 1830-1840.
Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Provenance Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W460 [P.2244]
Accession number P.2244