Watercolor after William Breton’s lithograph in John F. Watson's Annals of Philadelphia (1830) of Clark’s Inn, also known as the State House Inn, on the north side of the 500 block of Chestnut Street. Shows the two-and-a-half story inn with a gabled roof and an addition in the rear. Five men sit and stand under a covered portico at the front entrance. To the left are two neighboring buildings. Several pedestrians walk along the road, including a man in the foreground attired in eighteenth-century clothes and using a walking stick. Trees flank the inn, and several trees are visible in the background. The inn, built circa 1693, served as a respite for members of Congress and purportedly William Penn., Title from item., Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist., Signed by the artist in the lower left corner., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019., George Emerick Essig (1838-1923), a Philadelphia-born painter, watercolorist, and etcher, specialized in marine scenes, particularly of the New Jersey coast. He exhibited his work at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1876 to 1888.
Creator
Essig, George Emerick, 1838-1923, artist
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.62.7]
