Details
Creator Rease, W. H., artist.
Contributor Kuhl, Frederick, printer.
Title Finn & Burton's paper hangings warehouse No 142, Arch St. Phila. [graphic] / W. H. Rease No. 17 So. 5th St.
Publisher [Philadelphia: F. Kuhl]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1849
Date [April 1849]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 42 x 50 cm. (16.5 x 20 in.)
Description Advertisement showing the first floor of the elegant storefront, on the 600 block of Arch Street, surrounded by a tromp l'oeil border. Through the open entryway, a clerk is visible showing wallpaper samples, propped upon racks, to two women and a gentleman patron, seated on chairs. Large display windows adorned with massive scenic views flank the doorway. A boy and gentleman, stand near a boot scrape and admire one window display, and a mother, holding a parasol, and attended by her daughter, stand on cellar doors, and admire the paper in the other. An elegantly-attired couple strolls past a tall, closed door to the establishment and a muzzled dog walks near by. A hitching post labeled "Wall Paper" stands in front of the store near the street. Also shows partial views of the upper floor, and adjoining buildings. Border comprised of sheets of various patterns of wallpaper, in addition to rolls of the material.
Is referenced by Wainwright 127
Notes Date from Poulson inscription on recto: April 1849.
Printer attributed by Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 250
LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #66.
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Reproduced in Jennifer Ambrose, "Nineteenth Century Advertising Prints," in Magazine Antiques (August 2006).
Trimmed.
Subject Finn & Burton.
Wallpaper industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Wallpapers.
Clerks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dogs -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Arch Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 600 block.
Genre Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Advertisements -- 1840-1850.
Associated name Kuhl, Frederick, printer.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **W127 [P.2082]
Accession number P.2082