Details
Creator Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist.
Contributor Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Title United States Bank [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1838
Date [1837]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, printed on chine colle and mounted on wove paper; image 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.), on sheet 28 x 36 cm. (11 x 14 in.)
Description Proof before letters containing a view looking east on Chestnut Street between 4th and 5th Streets depicting two banks designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland: the United States Bank of Pennsylvania, formerly the Bank of the United States (i.e. Second Bank, later U.S. Custom House 1844-1935), constructed 1818-24; and the Philadelphia Bank, completed in 1837. Contains a partial view of buildings on the north side of the street including the entranceway of the United States Hotel. Also shows horse-drawn carriages travelling west and a dray and a man pushing a wheelbarrow travelling east in the street. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk and on the steps of the United States Bank and convene at the hotel entrance.
Is referenced by Not in Wainwright.
Notes Attributed to John C. Wild.
Title from manuscipt note on recto.
Philadelphia on stone
POS 775
LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #53
Subject Bank of the United States (Pennsylvania : 1836-1841)
Bank of Philadelphia.
Banks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 400 block.
Genre Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Chine colle prints -- 1830-1840.
Associated name Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *BW - Banks [7702.F]
Accession number 7702.F