Details
Creator Whitefield, Edwin, 1816-1892, artist.
Contributor W. Endicott & Co., printer.
Title West view. Looking up Chestnut St. towards West Philadelphia. [graphic] / Drawn from nature by E. Whitefield.
Publisher [New York: Lith. of Wm. Endicott & Co.,]
Publisher NY. New York. 1850
Date c1850
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted and hand-colored; 30 x 52 cm.(11.75 x 20.5 in.)
Description Panoramic view showing cityscape in Center City Philadelphia. Includes residential buildings, storefronts, factories, Chestnut Street Theatre (603-609 Chestnut), the flag-adorned roof of "Barnum Museum" (628-632 Chestnut) and the top of Alfred M. Herkness Philadelphia Horse & Carriage Bazaar (800 block Sansom). Also shows partial view of the Philadelphia Arcade (615-619 Chestnut), trees in Independence Square, and pedestrian and street traffic in the foreground. Traffic includes a horse-drawn carriage and man on horseback.
Is part of Panoramic views of Philadelphia from the State House
Is referenced by Reps 3583
Notes Copyrighted by E. Whitefield.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 544d
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Geographic subject Philadelphia, Pa. -- Pictorial works.
Center City (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- Hand-colored -- 1840-1850.
Panoramic views -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *BW - Views [P.2120]
Accession number P.2120