Depicts the reading room in the Library and Surgeon's Hall on Fifth Street south of Chestnut Street, the first building constructed by William Thornton from 1789 to 1790 to house the Library Company of Philadelphia. The building was demolished in 1887 and the American Philosophical Society erected a building on the same site. Includes a view of the main check-out desk (right) and visitors browsing the book shelves on the balcony and the main floor., Location: Fifth and Library Streets., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., LCP AR (Annual Report) 1975, p. 6-11.
Creator
Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist
Date
1878
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Evans watercolors [P.2298.151], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/evans/files/plc151.html
