Details
Creator Sinclair, Thomas.
Contributor Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834 artist.
Title High Street, with the First Presbyterian Church. Philadelphia, 1800. [graphic]
Publisher Philadelphia: Lith of T. Sinclair, 79 S. Third
Date [ca. 1845]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 25 x 30 cm.(9.75 x 11.75 in.)
Description Lithographic facsimile of plate nine from William Birch's "Views of Philadelphia" showing a street scene with a view of the First Presbyterian Church on Market Street below Third Street. Depicts pedestrians, predominately women, traversing the sidewalk before the church and adjacent buildings; a horse-drawn dray and cart traveling the street; and a woman peddler with her basket of goods near the High Street market shed. First Presbyterian, rebuilt from 1793 to 1794 after the designs of John Trumbull, was the first building in the city with a classic temple facade. The building was razed following the relocation of the congregation.
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POS 355
Accession number amended by cataloger.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Original engraving illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's Views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982, rev. 2000), pl. 9.
Biographical / historical note Sinclair operated from 79 South Third Street circa 1840-1849.
Subject First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Presbyterian churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Peddlers and peddling -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Markets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 200 block.
Genre Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Reproductive prints -- 1840-1850.
Associated name Trumbull, John, 1756-1843, architect.
Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *BW - Churches and meetinghouses [Log 1322.F.c]
Accession number Log 1322.F.c