Details
Creator Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), approximately 1804-1846, artist.
Contributor Bowen, John T., approximately 1801-1856?, printer.
Bowen, John T., approximately 1801-1856?, publisher.
Title Market Street, from Front St. [graphic] / Lith. of J.T. Bowen.
Publisher Philadelphia : Pub. by J.T. Bowen at his Lithographic & Print Coloring Establishment, No. 94 Walnut Street
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1848
Date c1840, 1848
Physical Description 1 print : hand-colored lithograph ; sheet 16 x 19 cm (6.25 x 7.75 in.)
Description View of the active business-lined street containing the "New Jersey" Market terminus, named after its central location to the ferries of New Jersey, the city's main provider of farm produce. Several marketers and pedestrians, including African Americans, stroll the streets, sidewalks, and under the market shed designed with cupola and clock. Peddlers sell their goods from carts on Front Street. Built in 1822, the market operated until the abolition of street markets in 1859.
Is referenced by Wainwright, 227.3
Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia, 131
Notes Title from item.
Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen.
Issued as plate 14 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 457.3
Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Streets - Market - 2nd (3 copies; 2 hand-colored)
Snyder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and his Philadelphia views," Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Accessioned 1982.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Subject African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & Wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Markets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Peddlers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Stores & shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 100 block.
Genre Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1840-1850.
Printer Bowen, John T., approximately 1801-1856?, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W227.3 [P.2099]
Accession number P.2099