Print containing a panoramic view of the city in 1702 and three titled vignette views representing the early settlement of the city. View looks west from Camden, New Jersey and shows the Delaware River and burgeoning Philadelphia cityscape. Includes Swedes Church (1); Old Horse Mill (2); Pont House from Chester (3); Sven Svener's House (4); Duck Pond and Indian Huts at 3rd & Pine (5), Loxley's House (6); Dock Creek and drawbridge (9); Blue Anchor Tavern (13); Budd's Row (18); Carpenter's House, Brewery and Bakery (20); Old Slate House (22); Friends Public School (24); Benezet House (25); Duck Pond at 4th & Market (26); Baptist & Presbyterian Meeting House at 2nd & Chestnut (27); Friends Meeting (28); London Coffee House (31); Market Shambles (34); Christ Church (36); Jones Row (37); Turners Famous House (39); Arch Street under Arch (40); Friends Bank Meeting (42); Penny Pot House (43); Pegg's Run (44); Swedish settlement (48); Fairman's Mansion & Treaty Tree (49); and Floating Windmill (50) in the Delaware. Also shows other early dwellings and taverns, sailing vessels on the river, and activity at the riverfront that is lined with a few piers. Vignettes show "Penn's Treaty" after the Benjamin West painting; "Site of Philada. When in Possession of the Swedes before the Landing of Penn" covered with forests; "Landing of the First Families" who gather with their posessions at the shore near a cave and in the presence of Native Americans. "Landing" vignette also shows a man cooking at a spit and a cabin under construction on a hillside in the background., Copyrighted by Smith & Cremens in Washington, D.C., Not in Wainwright., Print priced at 50 cents., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 590, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 864 W 119. HSP copy contains separately-issued key to 50 sites depicted in image pasted on verso. Facsimile of key provided with LCP copy of print., Trimmed.
Creator
Smith & Cremens
Date
c1875
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Views [5225.F.4]