View of the third edifice of the Chestnut Street Theater, erected in 1822, after the designs of William Strickland at the location of the second building, razed by fire in 1820, on Chestnut Street above Sixth Street. Depicts couples strolling passed the theater, built with corinthian columns with niches containing the salvaged William Rush statues of Comedy and Tragedy. The theater, razed in 1855, was rebuilt on Chestnut Street above Twelfth Street in 1863., Inscribed upper right corner: 3., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a scrapbook of McAllister restrikes.
Creator
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834, engraver
Date
[1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 40c/2569.Q.3]
