Details
Creator R. Newell & Son.
Contributor Bailly, Joseph Alexis, 1825-1883, sculptor.
Title Washington statue--front of Independence Hall. [graphic] / Photo. by R. Newell & Son.
Publisher Philadelphia : Stereoscopic views published by R. Newell & Son, photographers, Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1876
Date c1876
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 10 x 18 cm. (4 x 7 in.)
Description View showing the George Washington marble statue sculpted by Joseph A. Bailly enclosed in ironwork fencing in front of Independence Hall. Statue rests on pedestal inscribed "Erected by the Washington Monument Association of the First School District of Pennsylvania July 4, 1869." Also shows spectators in the background.
Is part of Miscellaneous No. 431
Notes Title printed on verso with eighty-one other numbered titles in the series (No. 356-437).
Photographer's imprint printed on verso.
Buff mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Subject Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Statues.
Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Monuments & memorials -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 520.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Associated name Bailly, Joseph Alexis, 1825-1883, sculptor.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Monuments and statues [P.9299.27]
Accession number P.9299.27