Exterior view from the southwest of the residence built circa 1838 after the designs of Thomas U. Walter for Philadelphia banker James Dundas at 1335 Walnut Street. Shows the property, known for its extensive gardens, surrounded by an ironwork fence. The residence, also known as the Yellow Mansion, was later the home of Agnes Keene Lippincott and her son, James Dundas Lippincott. Building demolished circa 1905., Manuscript note on recto: Mr. Dundas, Broad & Walnut, July 1858., Title supplied by cataloguer., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator
M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date
July 1858
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Residences - D [(6)1322.F.176a]
Exterior view of the mansion designed by Thomas Ustick Walter. House was commissioned by James Dundas, bequeathed in 1865 to Mrs. Joshua Lippincott and to her son James Dundas Lippincott in 1902., Sheet number: 27A11, Message on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
ca. 1908
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]