Details
Creator Fenderich, Charles, artist.
Contributor Blodget, Samuel, 1757-1814, architect.
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Title [Philadelphia Exchange] [graphic].
Date ca. 1833
Physical Description 1 print: pencil and wash drawing.
Description Artist's study drawing for ca. 1833 lithograph by Charles Fenderich depicting the Merchant's Exchange. View looks northeast from the intersection of Dock, Third, and Walnut streets. Shows the building adorned by a figure holding a two-pronged spear, possibly Hades, the god of wealth. Also contains partial view of Girard Bank (116-120 S. Third) in the background. Exchange built 1832-1833 after the designs of William Strickland. The Girard National Bank, formerly the First Bank of the United States, was built 1795-1797 after the designs of Samuel Blodgett. The bank, operated by Stephen Girard as Girard's Bank from 1812-1831, was chartered by the state in 1832 as the Girard National Bank.
Is referenced by Parker and Kaplan, Charles Fenderich 93
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
Library of Congress: PGA - Fenderich, no. 93 (A size) [P&P]
Subject Merchants' Exchange (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Girard National Bank of Philadelphia.
Banks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Third Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 100 block.
Genre Wash drawings -- 1830-1840.
Pencil works -- 1830-1840.
Associated name Blodget, Samuel, 1757-1814, architect.
Associated name Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Location Library of Congress| Prints and Photographs Division | LOC PGA - Fenderich, no. 93 (A size) [P&P]