Details
Creator Rease, W. H., artist.
Contributor Kuhl, Frederick, printer.
Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Title Penn Hotel & Denny's harness shop. [graphic] / On stone by W.H. Rease 17 1/2 S. 5th St.
Publisher [Philadelphia] : F. Kuhl's lith. Press
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1848
Date [December 1848]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 40 x 28 cm (15.5 x 11 in.)
Description Advertisement depicting the three-and-a-half-story building containing the hotel and tavern operated by John Thompson at 329 Market Street and Robert Denny's saddles and harness store at 327 1/2 Market Street. Harnesses and other horse paraphernalia hang from the shop's display window and entranceways, including a stable entrance marked, "Entertainment for Horses." In front of the building, a white man with his horse enters the marked entrance; a white man clerk from Denny's converses with a white man customer by a stack of trunks; and other horses rest nearby and in front of the adjacent hardware store, including one attached to a sulky attended by an African American man. Hotel guests stand near the second floor windows and enter the hotel entrance. The hotel, tavern, and harness and saddle store resided together at the site only for the year 1848 to 1849.
Is referenced by Wainwright 270
Notes Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Dec. 1848 No. 327 1/2 Market Street.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 550
Print trimmed and lacking caption.
Accessioned 1982.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Biographical / historical note Rease, a prominent mid-19th century Philadelphia trade card lithographer known to highlight details of human interest in his advertisements, partnered with Francis H. Schell in the 1850s and eventually operated his own press until around 1872.
Subject Penn Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Equipment and supplies.
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Merchandise displays -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Saddlery -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Stores & shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 300 block.
Genre Advertisements -- 1840-1850.
Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Provenance Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *W270 [P.2156]
Accession number P.2156