Watercolor and gouache view looking east on Chestnut Street between Fifth and Fourth Streets depicting the 400 block of Chestnut Street. Includes two banks designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland. Shows the United States Bank of Pennsylvania, formerly the Bank of the United States (i.e., Second Bank, later U.S. Custom House, 1844-1935), constructed 1818-24 at 420 Chestnut Street and the Philadelphia Bank, completed in 1837 at 400-408 Chestnut Street. Also contains partial views, in the foreground, of an adjacent storefront with signage for "Hanry [sic] Parkin.." as well as the entryway of the United States Hotel on the opposite side of the street. Men enter the storefront and stand in the entryway to the hotel. Also includes street and pedestrian traffic. Women promenade as couples, men converse, and men walk up and down the stairs of the United States Bank., Title supplied by cataloger., Date range inferred from fashion of figures depicted and manuscript note lower left: From a contemporary picture.
Date
[ca. 1840]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell - Drawings & Watercolors [P.2018.61.19]
