Details
Creator Collins & Autenrieth, artist.
Contributor Schnabel, Finkeldey & Demme, printer.
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Title Panorama of Philadelphia. [graphic] : The Merchant's Exchange. / Collins & Authenreith, des.
Publisher Philadelphia : Schnabel, Finkeldey & Demme's Lithogrc. Institute
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1856
Date 1856
Physical Description 1 print : hand-colored lithograph ; image 22.5 x 29 cm (9 x 11.5 in.)
Description Derived from a print created by J.C. Wild in 1832, this view looks west from the intersection of Third, Walnut and Dock Streets and depicts the Merchant's Exchange constructed 1832-33 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland for the Philadelphia Exchange Company. Includes street and pedestrian traffic concentrated near the business center and the City Railroad tracks. Many horse-drawn omnibuses, including the Spruce Street, Navy Yard, West Philadelphia and Fifth Street lines, arrive and depart. Men and women stand and converse in the streets or on the steps of the exchange. Also shows buildings on the south side of Walnut Street and Gold Street.
Is referenced by Bloomsbury Auctions (Firm). Jay. T. Snider Collection, 319
Notes Title from item.
Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1856, by Schnabel, Finkeldey & Demme, in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penna.
Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 543
Subject Merchants' Exchange (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Merchants' exchanges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Dock Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 200 block.
Walnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 200 block.
Genre Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1850-1860.
Associated name Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *BW – Banks – Merchant’s Exchange [P.2008.34.19]
Accession number P.2008.34.19