Details
Title Museu de Filadelphia. [graphic] / Lith du [Jin p. Nul?]
Publisher [Venice?]
Date [ca. 1840]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 26 x 19 cm. (10.25 x 7.5 in.)
Description Exterior view of the Philadelphia Arcade also known as the Philadelphia Museum originally built 1826-1827 as a shop gallery after the designs of John Haviland at 615-619 Chestnut Street. Pedestrians walk in front of and into the museum in which a woman is visible walking down a staircase. Also shows adjacent buildings, an awning post, and street lamp. Museum served as an exhibition gallery including the display of the Philadelphia Museum Company's holdings of artist Charles Willson Peale's collections as well as a concert, public meeting, and lecture space. The building was also used as a bathhouse and hotel before being demolished circa 1859-1860.
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POS 495
Gift of S. Marguerite Brenner.
Subject Arcade Building (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Philadelphia Museum.
Galleries & museums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Sixth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 615-618
Genre Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Associated name Haviland, John, 1792-1852, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| BW - Museums - Philadelphia [P.9057.33]
Accession number P.9057.33