Watercolor of a street scene in Philadelphia, probably with the United States Custom House in the background. Shows pedestrians walking on the sidewalks down the street. In the right, shows the front entrance to the three-story, brick building. In the left, a black car is parked near two, red gas pumps at a gas station. Behind the station is a large, near block-long, four-story building. View also shows a large skyscraper, probably the United States Custom House constructed from 1932 to 1934 after the designs of Ritter and Shay at 200 Chestnut Street, towering in the background., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist., Signed by artist in lower right corner., Verso contains a rough sketch of a landscape of hills., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019., John J. Dull (1859-1949), an architect and artist, was born in Philadelphia and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts., An instructor at Drexel University and the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Arts, he was also a member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club, the Philadelphia Watercolor Club, the Philadelphia Art Alliance, and the T-Square Club.
Creator
Dull, John J., 1859-1949, artist
Date
[ca. 1935]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.62.1]
Exterior view of the Seventh Presbyterian Church built 1842 after the designs of Napoleon LeBrun at 1 South Broad Street, Philadelphia. Shows the front facade of the Greek Revival-style church with several steps leading to a portico. Numerous pedestrians walk in front of and around the church, and horse-drawn carriages travel down the streets. Also shows an adjacent building in the right and a tree at the street corner in the left., Title and date from item., Signed by the artist in the lower right., Manuscript note written on verso: Further reproduction of this drawing reserved by Henry B. McIntire., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019., Henry B. McIntire (1872-1963) was an architectural illustrator active in Philadelphia from the 1930s to 1950s. His 1936 book, Philadelphia Then and Now, contained drawings of no longer extant buildings and contemporary images of those locations. He often used an offset lithographic printing process called aquatone in his work.
Creator
McIntire, Henry B., 1872-1963, artist
Date
1936
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.62.11]
