| Creator |
Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), approximately 1804-1846, artist. |
| Contributor |
Bowen, John T., approximately 1801-1856?, printer. |
| Title |
Market Street, from Front St. Philadelphia. [graphic] / Painted by J. C. Wild. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia]: J. T. Bowen |
| Date |
1838 |
| Physical Description |
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 14 x 18 cm (5.25 x 7 in.) |
| Description |
View of the active business-lined street containing the "New Jersey" Market terminus, named for its central location to the
ferries from New Jersey, the city's main provider of farm produce. Several marketers and pedestrians, including African Americans,
stroll the streets, sidewalks, and under the market shed designed with cupola and clock. Peddlers sell their goods from carts
on Front Street. Built in 1822, the market operated until the abolition of street markets in 1859.
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| Is referenced by |
Wainwright, 227.2 |
|
Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia, 131 |
| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Copyright statement printed on recto: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1840 by J.T. Brown in the Clerk's Office
of the Dt Ct for the En Dt of Pa.
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Originally published as plate 14 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.
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|
Philadelphia on Stone |
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POS 457.2. Digital image shows third state of the print. |
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Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited. |
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Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush). |
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania: |
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See Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and his Philadelphia views," Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography 87 (January 1953),
p. 32-53.
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Gift of Dr. James Rush. |
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Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Markets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Peddlers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Pedestrians -- Pennsyvlania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Stores & shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Women. |
| Geographic subject |
Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 100 block. |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- 1830-1840. |
| Printer |
Bowen, John T., approximately 1801-1856?, publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W227.2 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)] |
| Accession number |
3008.Q (Rush) |
|
W227-2 |
