H. Sebald, designer and engraver on wood. 523 Wood street, below Sixth, North Side, Phila. [graphic] : H. Sebald's designing & engraving establishment, and manufactory of tinted envelopes. Designing and engraving in all its various branches, such as portr
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H. Sebald, designer and engraver on wood. 523 Wood street, below Sixth, North Side, Phila H. Sebald's designing & engraving establishment, and manufactory of tinted envelopes. Designing and engraving in all its various branches, such as portraits, landscape, views of buildings, fac similes of handwritings, seals, etc. Orders by mail will receive prompt attention, and be faithfully executed on moderate terms
Description
Shield-shaped advertisement for Philadelphia designer and engraver Hugo Sebald containing a vignette allegorical illustration. Illustration shows two draped female figures with canvases and a palette seated among barrels, an anchor, and a sculpted bust. Sea and cityscape is visible in the background. Sebald was a noted designer of Fraktur and authored a drawing lesson book in 1875 titled Zeichen-Schule (i.e., Drawing School)., Date from Poulson inscription., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Sebald, Hugo, fl. 1850-1870
Date
February 28, 1859
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Poulson scrapbooks - vol. 1 [(1)2526.F.75]
[Chestnut Street Theatre]. North East corner of Sixth and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia. [graphic] / Drawn and engraved on wood, by D.C. Baxter, (successor to Wm. B. Gihon,)
Title
[Chestnut Street Theatre]. North East corner of Sixth and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia
Description
View of the second building of the theater, built 1820-1822 after the designs of William Strickland, Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk and read playbills on display. Also shows partial views of neighboring buildings, including Hart’s Building owned by prominent Jewish publisher and philanthropist, Abraham Hart, erected 1848 (537-539 Chestnut). A gas light with a shade illustrated with a dancer adorns the Melodeon (611-613 Chestnut) and signage advertising D. C. Baxter, engraver on wood, is partially visible on Hart’s Building. Theater razed 1856., Forms part of Poulson scrapbooks, Illustrations of Philadelphia, volume 4., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Baxter, De Witt Clinton, ca. 1829-1881, engraver
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Poulson scrapbooks - vol. 4 [(4)2526.F.73a]