Creator |
Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), approximately 1804-1846, artist. |
Contributor |
Wild & Chevalier, printer. |
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Wild & Chevalier, publisher. |
Title |
Market Street from Front St. Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone by J.C. Wild. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia : Lith. of Wild & Chevalier, 72 Dock St |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1838 |
Date |
1838 |
Physical Description |
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 16 x 19 cm (6.25 x 7.75 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, 227.1 |
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Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia, 131 |
Notes |
Title from item. |
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Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier in 1838. |
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Issued as plate 14 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers,
72 Dock Street, 1838). A series of Philadelphia views, the first produced by lithography, originally published as five numbers
of four prints each in 1838, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views.
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Philadelphia on Stone |
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POS 457.1. Digital image shows the third state of the print. |
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Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Streets - Market - 2nd (2 copies) |
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia: General Prints Collection - PR250 |
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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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Accessioned 1982. |
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Description revised 2021. |
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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 -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Stores & shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 100 block. |
Genre |
Lithographs -- 1830-1840. |
Printer |
Wild & Chevalier, publisher. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W227.1 [P.2098] |
Accession number |
P.2098 |