Details
Creator Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist.
Contributor Lehman & Duval Lithrs., printer.
Title N. E. view of the old court house in Market Street Philada. [graphic] / W. L. Breton del.
Publisher Philadelphia: Lehman & Duval lithrs
Date 1837
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 17 x 15 cm. (6.75 x 5.75 in.)
Description View showing the courthouse built 1707 by carpenter Samuel Powell, and adjoining market sheds built 1710, on North Second Street above Market Street. Broadsides adorn the facade of the building containing a balcony and bell tower. In front of the court house, market patrons and vendors, predominately women, tend to stands and mill in the street. Also shows neighboring buildings and the rear of a horse-drawn wagon traveling in the street past the shed. The court house was utilized as the town hall, seat of the Legislature, market house and the Pennsylvania statehouse until Independence Hall was opened in 1748. Building demolished in 1837.
Is referenced by Wainwright 243
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POS 496
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 25:76 and 27:65.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
See companion print: S. W. view of the old court house in Market Street, Philada. at the time of its being taken down (7th April 1837). [W326, P.2184]
Subject Courthouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Markets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Women -- Pennsylvani a -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Associated name Powell, Samuel, 1673?-1756, builder.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W243 [P.2101]
Accession number P.2101