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[Southwest view of Sanderson's Franklin House, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia] – Antique Photo Print

[Southwest view of Sanderson's Franklin House, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia], [ca. 1844] — historic drawing
[Southwest view of Sanderson's Franklin House, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia], [ca. 1844]. Historic drawing from the Philadelphia collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Southwest view of Sanderson's Franklin House, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia] comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Southwest view of Sanderson's Franklin House, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]

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Rendered from the southwest, this watercolor shows Sanderson's Franklin House, a building on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. The artist, John Rubens Smith, was an English-born draftsman who recorded the city's buildings in the 1830s and 1840s, and his architectural views are valued for their careful detail. Chestnut Street was then the city's main commercial and social thoroughfare, lined with banks, shops, and hotels, so a view of a hostelry like this one captures the street's busy life. The work is dated to about 1844 and is part of Smith's collection at the Library of Congress.

Created / published[ca. 1844]
Medium1 drawing : watercolor.
GenreWatercolors Color 1840-1850.
NotesJRS 628. John Rubens Smith Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibit loan 4105-L.
SubjectsDwellings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1840-1850.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,442 × 1,149 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-217656

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