Creator |
Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist. |
Contributor |
Collins, John, fl. 1833-1869, printer. |
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Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect. |
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Wild & Chevalier, publisher. |
Title |
United States Bank, Chestnut Street Philadelphia. [graphic] / From nature and on stone by J. C. Wild. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia: Printed by John Collins |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1838 |
Date |
[1838] |
Physical Description |
1 print: lithograph; 14 x 19 cm. (5.25 x 7.13 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
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Is referenced by |
Wainwright 415.1 |
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Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 119 |
Notes |
Copyrighted by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier |
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Issued as plate 2 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers,
72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound
volume containing twenty views.
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Philadelphia on Stone |
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POS 776.1. Digital images shows fourth state of print. |
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Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited. |
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania: |
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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.
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Subject |
Bank of the United States (Pennsylvania : 1836-1841) |
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Bank of Philadelphia |
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Banks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Dogs -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 420. |
Genre |
Lithographs -- 1830-1840. |
Associated name |
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect. |
Printer |
Wild & Chevalier, publisher. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W415.1 [P.2225] |
Accession number |
W415-4 |
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P.2225 |