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Contributor Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 5-1886, publisher.
Title P. S. Duval's lithographic establishment & office of the U. S. Mility. Magazine by Huddy & Duval, No. 7, Bank Alley, Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia : P. S. Duval
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1839
Date 1839
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; 10 x 16 cm. (3.75 x 6.13 in.)
Description Illustration printed on upper half of stationery paper pasted onto front flyleaf of magazine volume. Includes hand-written form letter under the illustration signed by William M. Huddy and P. S. Duval outlining prices of "coloured" versus "plain" plates. Illustration depicts the four-story corner lithographic establishment of P. S. Duval and the headquarters for the United States Military Magazine at the northwest corner of Bank Alley and Dock Street (i.e., 227 Dock Street). A signboard for a house painter adorns the adjacent property facing Dock Street and "Birch's Auctions" occupies the property at the west end of Bank Alley facing Third Street. A row of cavalry soldiers faces east on Dock Street, as pedestrians, soldiers on foot, and a dog congestl the sidewalks in the foreground. The portico and columns of a stately building, probably part of the Merchant's Exchange, are visible across from Duval's establishment. Dock Street building was demolished in 1924.
Is referenced by Wainwright 262
Notes Published in the Military magazine and record of the volunteers of the city and county (Philadelphia, Pa.: [Published by William M. Huddy], 1839).
Duval & Huddy published the military fashion periodical, "U.S. Military Magazine," between 1839 and 1842. P.S. Duval occupied 7 Bank Alley between 1835 and 1848.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSA 78
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Library Company of Philadelphia: *Per M 102.3 5531.Q, vol. 1.
Subject Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 5-1886.
Huddy & Duval.
Lithographers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Publishers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Cavalry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Soldiers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Military art and science -- Periodicals.
Pennsylvania -- Militia -- Periodicals.
Geographic subject Bank Alley (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 007.
Genre Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Stationery -- 1830-1840.
Printer Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 5-1886, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts| Rare| W262 [*Per M 102.3 5531.Q v. 1]
Accession number 5531.Q v. 1