Details
Creator Newell, Robert, 1822-1897.
Contributor Evans, David, Jr., fl. 1794-1806, architect.
Hamilton, Andrew, ca. 1676-1741, architect.
Woolley, Edmund, ca. 1695-1771, architect.
Title State House Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia : Robert Newell
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1865
Date [ca. 1865]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8 x 17 cm. (3 x 6.75 in.)
Description View looking southwest showing the south side of the 500 block of Chestnut Street, including the front of the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Also shows a partial view in the left foreground of old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. (500 Chestnut), Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut), and the commercial building at the southwest corner of Sixth and Chestnut Streets where John McArthur would consruct the Public Ledger building 1866-1867 (600 Chestnut Street) in the distant right background.
Notes Title from manuscript note on verso.
Attributed to Robert Newell.
Yellow mount with square corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject City Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Congress Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Bell towers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 500.
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 520.
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 540-558.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
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.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Government buildings [7992.F.7]
Accession number 7992.F.7