Impressionistic drawing showing the exterior and cemetery of the oldest church in Pennsylvania at 929 South Water Street. Includes headstones and foliage. The church, also known as Gloria Dei, was built 1698-1700 after designs by John I. Harrison and Reverend Andrew Rudman. Betsy Ross married her second husband Joseph Ashburn at Gloria Dei in 1777., Title inscribed on drawing., Signature of artist in lower left corner., Accompanied by label: The oldest church in Philadelphia is "Olde Swedes", [sic] on Swanson Street below Christian Street. It was built in 1700 and has been in continuous use ever since. It was in this church that Betsy Ross was married. An original drawing by Donald C. Taber, 1934., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Donald C. Taber, born in New York, was a commercial artist in Philadelphia by 1930.
Creator
Taber, Donald C., 1895-1981, artist
Date
1934
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - A-Z - Taber [P.2017.8.28]
Impressionistic drawing looking north from Independence Square showing the rear elevation of Independence Hall built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. View also includes a barren tall tree in the left, a sole pedestrian, and a tree with foliage in the right., Title inscribed on drawing., Signature of artist in lower left corner., Date from accompanying label: Built in 1731, - Independence Hall, originally called The State House, took its name from the signing of the Declaration of Independence within its walls in 1776. It contains the Liberty Bell, cracked while tolling the death of Chief Justice Marshall, and other precious relics of history. It is located on Chestnut Street, between 5th and 6th Streets, Philadelphia. An original drawing by Donald C. Taber, 1934., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Donald C. Taber, born in New York, was a commercial artist in Philadelphia by 1930.
Creator
Taber, Donald C., 1895-1981, artist
Date
[1934]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - A-Z - Taber [P.2017.8.29]
