View of the principal façade of Independence Hall with a statue of George Washington in the foreground, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

People:

Unknown (photographer)
Francis Frith & Co. (publisher)

Title:

View of the principal façade of Independence Hall with a statue of George Washington in the foreground, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date:

1863 - ca. 1887

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 21.0 x 16.1 cm secondary support: 35.5 x 26.4 cm

Reference number:

PH1984:0038:028

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped - blind embossed on the image, l.l.: "FRITH'S / SERIES" inscribed and numbered - by unknown hands, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.l.: "Frith" and an arrow; and u.r.: "27" inscribed and numbered labelled, numbered and imprinted - in typescript, on a label attached to the negative, l.l.: "4023. INDEPENDENCE HALL;PHILADELPHIA [sic]." labelled and imprinted - in typescript, on a paper label attached to the secondary support, l.c.: with title [double black line over and under text]

Location:

Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; United States;

Subject:

architecture
sculpture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

fence
figure (representation)
parapet
tower (building division)
statue
monument
clock tower
cupola
public building
steeple
municipal building
historic monument
community centre

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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