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37 Crown Street. [graphic] / R.H. Kern.
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Creator
Kern, Richard H., 1821-1853.
Title
37 Crown Street. [graphic] / R.H. Kern.
Publisher
Philadelphia
Date
1843
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph; 18 x 22 cm (7.25 x 8.5 in).
Description
Street scene showing the residence of the artist on Crown Street (perpendicular to Race and Vine streets). The view includes other residential buildings and the rear of St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church and cemetery (260-262 N. 4th) partially concealed behind a wall. A few people and a dog stroll along the sidewalk.
Notes
Lithograph is based on a drawing by Richard Kern now in the collection of the Huntington Library.
Date printed lower left corner.
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See David J. Weber. Richard H. Kern: Expeditionary Artist in the Far Southwest, 1848-1853. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press for the Amon Carter Museum, 1985) for a biography of the artist.
Gift of David Doret.
Biographical / historical note
Kern was a member of an artistic Philadelphia family. His brothers Benjamin, Edward, and John were also artists, and for a short time in the 1840s, Richard shared a Philadelphia studio with Edward and John and taught art. He also supported himself by preparing technical illustrations for some of Philadelphia's scientific organizations. Like his brothers, Benjamin and Edward, Richard served as a topographical draftsman on expeditions to the western United States. He was killed by Native Americans in Utah.
Subject
Kern, Richard H., 1821-1853 -- Homes and haunts.
Streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Crown Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 37.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| BW - Residences - Kern [P.9635]
Accession number
P.9635
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