Creator |
Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846. |
Contributor |
Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856? printer. |
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Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, publisher. |
Title |
Merchants' Exchange. [graphic] / Lith of J. T. Bowen. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia: Published by J.T. Bowen at his Lithographic & Print Colouring Establishment, 94, Walnut St |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1848 |
Date |
c1840, 1848 |
Physical Description |
1 print: lithograph, hand-colored, 16 x 19 cm.(6.25 x 7.25 in.) |
Description |
View looking northeast from the intersection of Dock, Third, and Walnut streets showing the Merchants’ Exchange (143 S. Third)
built between 1832 and 1833 after the designs of William Strickland. Men walk around, and horse-drawn omnibuses arrive and
are parked in front of, the building. Light pedestrian traffic is visible in the street and at the corners, including near
the office of the Saturday Courier (72 Dock, pre-consolidation). Also shows streetcar tracks in the foreground and another
omnibus passing Girard National Bank (116-120 S. Third) in the background.
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Is referenced by |
Wainwright 232.4 |
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Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadephia 120 |
Notes |
Originally published as plate 14 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier,
Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in
1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring.
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Philadelphia on Stone |
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POS 472.4 |
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Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited. |
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Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2092 and in *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in *Am 1848
Wild 1515.Q.
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania: |
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Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January
1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
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Subject |
Merchants' Exchange (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Merchants' exchanges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Third Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 100 block. |
Genre |
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1840-1850. |
Printer |
Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, publisher. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W232.4 [P.2092] |
Accession number |
P.2092 |