Details
Creator Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist.
Contributor Wild & Chevalier, printer.
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Wild & Chevalier, publisher.
Title United States Bank, Chestnut Street Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone by J. C. Wild.
Publisher [Philadelphia]: J.T. Bowen
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1838
Date c1839
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 25 x 34 cm. (9.75 x 13.25 in.)
Description View looking east showing the United States Bank of Pennsylvania, formerly the Second Bank of the United States, built 1821-1824 after the designs of William Strickland at 420 Chestnut Street. Also shows the neighboring Bank of Philadelphia, completed in 1837, also after the designs of Strickland, at 400-408 Chestnut. Pedestrians traverse the sidewalks in front of the banks and across from the buildings. Couples promenade and greet each other, and patrons ascend the stairs of the U.S. Bank and convene in front of the Philadelphia Bank. Also shows two dogs playing in the street and a man exiting the adjacent building (134, i.e., 426 Chestnut) partially visible in the right of the image
Is referenced by Wainwright 415.3
Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 119
Notes Copyrighted by J. T. Bowen.
Originally published as plate 2 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 776.3. Digital image shows fourth state of print.
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush).
Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Described in Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Subject Bank of the United States (Pennsylvania : 1836-1841)
Bank of Philadelphia
Banks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dogs -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 400 block -- South side.
Genre Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Associated name Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Printer Wild & Chevalier, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W415.3 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)]
Accession number W415-4
Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush