| Creator |
Aubrun, Louis, lithographer. |
| Contributor |
Evans, David, Jr., fl. 1794-1806, architect. |
|
Hamilton, Andrew, ca. 1676-1741, architect. |
|
Woolley, Edmund, ca. 1695-1771, architect. |
|
Hunter, Thomas, publisher. |
| Title |
Independence Hall in 1876, Philadelphia. = Unabhängigkeits Halle = Edificio de la Independencia en 1776 = Hotel de L'Independance.
[graphic] / Aubrun.
|
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : Published by Thos. Hunter, lith., 716 Filbert St |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1876 |
| Date |
[1876] |
| Physical Description |
1 print; lithograph, tinted with two stones; 19 x 26 cm.(7.25 x 11 in.) |
| Description |
Busy street view showing Independence Hall built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520
Chestnut Street. Also shows the old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans (500 Chestnut); Congress Hall
built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut); and the Public Ledger Building built 1866-1867 (600-606 Chestnut). Pedestrians and horse-drawn
vehicles, including carriages and street cars, congest the sidewalks and roadway. American flags adorn most of the buildings.
|
| Notes |
Published in Thompson Westcott's Centennial portfolio: a souvenir of the International Exhibition at Philadelphia; comprising
lithographic views of fifty of its principal buildings (Philadelphia: T. Hunter, 1876), p. 52.
|
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Philadelphia on Stone |
|
POS 377 |
|
Gift of David Doret. |
| Subject |
City Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Congress Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Independence Hall (Philadephia, Pa.) |
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Public Ledger Building (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 520. |
|
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 500 block -- South side. |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1870-1880. |
| Associated name |
Evans, David, Jr., fl. 1794-1806, architect. |
| Associated name |
Hamilton, Andrew, ca. 1676-1741, architect. |
| Associated name |
Woolley, Edmund, ca. 1695-1771, architect. |
| Printer |
Hunter, Thomas, publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| BW - Centennial [P.2006.31.17] |
| Accession number |
P.2006.31.17 |
