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"Drawings in the Collections of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Artist Subject Medium Date Allbright Solitude (John Penn's House) Water color c. 1840 Andre, Major John Landscape Water color 1778 Barker, J. J. Hobson House, Mantua Water color 1852 (West Phila.) Barth Washington & Tarleton at Wash c. 1850 Cowpens Becker Central High School Diploma Wash c. 1850 Besson, C. A. Slate Roof House Pen sketch 1841 Birch, T. Port of Wash c. 1830 Birch, T. Port of Philadelphia Wash c. 1820 Birch, W. View on Neshaminy Creek Water color c. 1800 Birch, W. View on Neshaminy Creek Water color c. 1800 Birch, W. Major General Birch Water color c. 1800 Breton, W. L. Wistar's Peach Grove, 7th & Wash c. 1830 Buttonwood Breton, W. L. Shippen Residence, Wain's Water color c. 1830 Row, 2d St. Breton, W. L. House in Germantown where Water color c. 1830 Penn preached Breton, W. L. Old Swedes' Church Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Slate Roof House Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. St. David's, Radnor Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Harriton Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Oxford Church Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Washington's House in High Water color c. 1830 Street Breton, W. L. Merion Meeting Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Pemberton House on Schuyl- Water color 1830 L-ill Kill Breton, W. L. Wilmington Meeting Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Lutheran Church, 5th & Arch Wash c. 1830 Sts. Breton, W. L. Penn Treaty Monument Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Carpenters' Hall Wash c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Mary England's House, Water color 1830 Trotter's Alley Breton, W. L. Paoli Monument Water color 1828 Breton, W. L. Foreign Affairs Office, 13 S. Water color c. 1830 6th St. Breton, W. L. Friends' Alms House Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Assembly Building, Chester Water color c. 1830

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Artist Subject Medium Date Breton, W. L. F. Bates' Office, 3rd & Race Water color 1829 Sts. Breton, W. L. State House (after C. W. Water color c. 1830 Peale) Breton, W. L. Trotter's Alley Wash 1831 Breton, W. L. University of Pennsylvania, Wash c. 1830 4th St. Breton, W. L. Haverford Meeting Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Front & Race Sts. Wash c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Loxley House, 26. St. Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Francisville, Ruins of Wash 1835 Breton, W. L. 2d & Dock Sts. Wash 1835 Breton, W. L. Drawbridge Wharf Wash 1835 Breton, W. L. George Fox's home in Lan- Wash c. 1830 cashire Breton, W. L. Water Street Wash 1835 Breton, W. L. Governois' Residence, Water color c. 1830 Wain's Row Breton, W.L. Water Street near Chestnut Wash c. 1830 Breton, W.L. Race Street near 3d Wash 1825 Breton, W.L. Arch Street Wharf Wash c. 1830 Breton, W.L. Race Street near ad Wash 1835 Breton, W.L. 2d & Arch Sts. Wash 1833 Breton, W.L. 3d St. near Race Wash 1835 Breton, W.L. Dock & Spruce Sts. Wash 1835 Breton, W.L. Judge Tilghman's House Water color 1826 Breton, W.L. Letitia House Water color 1828 Breton, W.L. London Coffee House Water color c. 1830 Breton, W.L. Oldest building in Philadel- Water color c. 1830 phia Breton, W. L. Friends' Academy Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Friends' Meeting, 26. & High Water color c. 1830 Sts. Breton, W. L. Swedes' Church, Wilmington Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Foundry on Schuylkill Water color 1830 Breton, W. L. Walnut Grove Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Water St. near Race Wash c. 1830 Bridport, Hugh Korn's Notion Store Wash c. 1830 Castello, E. Bartram's House Water color 1886 Castello, E. Bartram's House (window Water color 1885 detail) Castello, E. House near Villa Nova Water color 1888 Castello, E. Ashwood, Villa Nova Water color 1888 Castello, E. Hillside House, Radnor Water color 1887 Castello, E. St. David's Church Water color 1888 Castello, E. Ury, Fox Chase Water color 1888 Castello, E. Monument House, South Water color c. 1885 Street 1942 DRAWINGS IN THE SOCIETY 241

Artist Subject Medium Date Castello, E. Plain Pleasant House, The Water color c. 1885 Neck Castello, E. Plain Pleasant House, The Water color c. 1885 Neck (a variant) Castello, E. Schumacher's House, Ger- Water color c. 1885 mantown Castello, E. Whitby Hall Water color 1886 Castello, E. Water color 1888 Chamberlain, Phoebe Y. Harrison House, 1724 Frank- Oil painting c. 1820 ford Road Clark, W. J. Slate Roof House (album of Pen & wash 1867 15 sketches) Curtis, B. B. New England Glass Works Wash c. 1820 Dana, E. L. Fell House Pencil c. i860 Dana, E. L. Forty Fort Wash c. i860 Darley, F. O. C. Coaching Inn & Conestoga Wash 1874 Waggon Davidson, W. B. Harper's Ferry, Mauch Sketch book of 6 Chunk, Berwick & Reading wash drawings 1825 Davis, A. J. Bank of Pennsylvania Architect's wash drawing 1826 Album of five unidentified Plumbago on thin ivory c. 1780 Du Simitiere, Pierre Eugene portraits Collection of 245 drawings Wash & water color 1850-90 Evans, B. Ridgway of Philadelphia General Jacob Brown Mon- Pencil c. 1830 Ewing, M. C. ument Illustration for romantic Wash c. 1850 Gimber, S. H. novel Graff, Frederick Centre Square Water Works Architect's drawing 1828 Graff, Frederick Design for mounting Liberty Wash 1848 Bell Graff, Frederick Engine House for 24th Ward Architect's drawing Graff, Frederick Fairmount Water Works, Architect's wash drawings c. 1851-68 plans & diagrams, 6 items Haines, G. W. Old Star Hotel Water color 1855 Hall, J. Penn's Treaty, after West Pen & pencil sketch c. 1830 Haviland, John Athenaeum, 6th & Adelphi, Architect's wash drawing c. 1830 6 plans Haviland, John Design for Jail in Reading Wash c. 1835 Hunt, William William Penn Crayon c. 1840 Inman, Henry Sketch for duPont gunpow- Wash c. 1840 der advertisement Inman, Henry Case of six sketches Wash & pencil c. 1840 Kennedy, D. J. Collection of 1100 water col- Water color 1840-90 ors of Philadelphia and elsewhere; the Philadel- phia items catalogued in full by Henry B. Mclntire 242 DRAWINGS IN THE SOCIETY April

Artist Subject Medium Date Kennedy, William Corswall Light, Scotland Water color 1815 Kennedy, William House in Barholm, Scotland Water color c. 1820 Kennedy, William Sketches of lighthouses Water color c. 1820 Kneass, H. Bank of the United States Architect's wash drawing 1823 Koecker, J. D. Lutheran Church, 4th & Architect's water color c. 1830 Cherry Sts. Koecker, J. D. Methodist Church, nth & Architect's water color c. 1840 Walnut Sts. Koecker, J. D. St. Augustine's Church Architect's water color 1843 Koecker, J. D. Trinity Methodist Church Architect's water color c. 1840 Koecker, J. D. See also under Thomas U. Walter Kollner, A. Two albums of 96 water col- Water color 1877-84 ors, chiefly of views along the Delaware in Bucks & Lehigh counties Krimmel, J. L. Election Day Water color 1815 Krimmel, J. L. Fourth of July at Centre Water color c. 1818 Square Latrobe, Benjamin Schuylkill Engine House, Cen- Architect's water color 1799 tre Square Engine House, and Bank of Pennsylvania, 1 vol. Latrobe, Benjamin Scheme for blocking passage Architect's wash drawing 1807 between Hog and Maiden Islands Latrobe, Benjamin Bank of Pennsylvania, 5 items Architect's wash drawing 1800 Latrobe, Benjamin United States Bank, 9 items Architect's wash drawing 1818 Lehman, George Philadelphia from Camden Water color c. 1830 Lehman, George Schuylkill at Manayunk Wash drawing c. 1830 Lehman, George Schuylkill at Manayunk Water color 1826 Lehman, George Schuylkill View Water color c. 1820 Lehman, George Fairmount Water Works from Water color 1840 Forebay Lehman, George Fairmount Water Works from Water color c. 1840 the river Lehman, George Fairmount Water Works from Water color c. 1840 the dam Lehman, George Fairmount Water Works & Water color c. 1840 Wire Bridge Lehman, George Fairmount Water Works & Wash c. 1830 Covered Bridge Lehman, George Lansdowne Mansion (pair) Water color c. 1825 Lehman, George Lansdowne Mansion, larger Water color c. 1825 view Lehman, George Baptist Meeting, Marcus Water color c. 1840 Hook 1942 DRAWINGS IN THE SOCIETY 243

Artist Subject Medium Date Lehman, George Presbyterian Church, Wil- Water color c. 1840 mington Lewis, E. D. St. David's Church Pencil 1852 Lewis, Ellis Mill at Holmesburg Water color 1828 Lewis, Ellis Schuylkill at Manayunk Water color c. 1830 Lewis, Ellis Manayunk, two views Water color c. 1830 Lewis, Ellis Chestnut Hill, two scenes Water color c. 1840 Lewis, Ellis Germantown View Water color c. 1840 Lewis, Ellis Schuylkill Water Works Water color c. 1840 Lewis, Ellis Four views of the Schuylkill Water color c. 1840 Lewis, George Upper Ferry Bridge Pastel c. 1850 Longstreth, Sarah Longstreth House, Bucks Charcoal c. 1850 County Lorenz, F. Gray's Ferry Water color c. 1790 Love, Giles Sketch of an Eagle Pen & water color c. 1800 Mason, William The Cliffs () Water color c. 1840 Mondelli Theatre in Cincinnati Architect's wash drawing 1830 Nisbet, J. Chestnut St. Theatre Architect's wash drawing f. 1820 Paul, Jerry Sketch book of local views: Wash drawings 1794 Jersey Shore from Ken- sington ; Upper Ferry; Robert Morris's House; Penna. Hospital Pennell, Joseph Two volumes of sketches, Pen & pencil 1878-79 comprising 65 pages of drawings, often several to a page, mostly of scenes along the Delaware and in Germantown Poulson, C.A. Letitia Street Water color i860 Price, W. L. Gentlemen of Phila.

Artist Subject Medium Date St. Memin, C. B. J. F. de Unidentified man Pastel c- 1795 Scott, T. M. Northern Liberties Hall Architectural drawing c. 1830 Sims, H. A. Slate Roof House Pen & water color c. 1850 Smith, G. W. Annapolis State House Pen & water color c. 1810 Smith, G. W. McDowell Hall, St. John's Pen & water color c. 1810 College Smith, G. W. The President's House, Pen & water color c. 1810 Washington Smith, G. W. The Capitol, Washington Pen & water color c. 1810 Stauffer, D. M. Shippen House, Lancaster Water color c. 1890 Stauffer, D. M. Unidentified house Water color c. 1881 Strickland, George Girard's Bank Wash drawing 1829 Strickland, George Widows' & Orphans' Asylum Wash drawing c. 1830 Strickland, William Academy of Fine Arts Tinted wash c. 1820 Strickland, William Benezet House Water color 1818 Strickland, William Chestnut Street at 9th, 3 Architect's wash drawing 1848 plans of building Strickland, William Chestnut Street Theatre, New Architect's wash drawing Strickland, William Chestnut Street Theatre, Old Architect's wash drawing 1820 —Proposed designs Strickland, William Chestnut Street Theatre, Old Architect's wash drawing Strickland, William Harbor of the Delaware Architect's wash drawing Breakwater Strickland, William Library, 6th & Walnut Sts., Architect's wash drawing 1839 specifications and plans Strickland, William Merchants' Exchange Wash drawing c 1835 Strickland, William President's House (Univer- Wash drawing c. 1820 sity of Pa.) Strickland, William Rickett's Circus Water color c-1835 Sturdevant Slocum House Pencil c. i860 Sturdevant House at Chadd's Ford Water color c. i860 Taylor, Bayard Sketch book, 36 sketches, Pencil 1844-46 chiefly of Italian scenery Thackeray, Win. M. Silhouette initials India ink 1859 Trumbull, John Historical Scenes, 5 sketches Pencil and pen & ink Walter, Thomas Ustick Arch Street Prison Architect's wash drawing Walter, Thomas Ustick Baltimore Bank, Calvert & Architect's wash drawing 1834 Baltimore Sts. Walter, Thomas Ustick Capitol ( ?), Principal & sec- Architect's wash drawing ond story Walter, Thomas Ustick Capitol (?), Longitudinal Architect's wash drawing 1831 Section Walter, Thomas Ustick Chester County Bank, Plan Architect's wash drawing 1835 of first story Walter, Thomas Ustick Chester County Prison, Front Architect's wash drawing 1838 Elevation Walter, Thomas Ustick Church (?), Longitudinal Architect's wash drawing 1842 Section and East Eleva- tion, Jos. D. Koecker, del. 1942 DRAWINGS IN THE SOCIETY 245

Artist Subject Medium Date Walter, Thomas Ustick Court House, 2 plans Architect's wash drawing 1835 Walter, Thomas Ustick Girard College Architect's wash drawing c. 1830 Walter, Thomas Ustick Girard College — Section & Architect's wash drawing Plan of Vestibules, Jos. D. Koecker, del. Walter, Thomas Ustick Girard College—Plan of cel- Architect's wash drawing 1840 lars, Jos. D. Koecker, del. Walter, Thomas Ustick Girard College, Plan, Jos. Architect's wash drawing 1840 D. Koecker, del. Walter, Thomas Ustick Moyamensing Prison, Design Architect's wash drawing Walter, Thomas Ustick Philadelphia County Prison, Architect's wash drawing 1841 Section of Cells, Jos. D. Koecker, del. Walter, Thomas Ustick Philadelphia County Prison, Architect's wash drawing 1836 Design for Vagrants' Apartment Walter, Thomas Ustick Reading Jail, Design Architect's wash drawing West, Benjamin Sketch book, chiefly sketches Pencil 1790 & 1807 of figures West, Benjamin Volume of portrait sketches, late 18th cent some quite finished Williams, C. View of Cincinnati Water color 1807 Woodside, J. A. Case of 37 drawings, includ- c. 1870 ing designs for Penna. Hose Co. & Hibernia Fire Co. Wunderlich, G. Walnut Street Wharf Water color C. l87<

ANONYMOUS DRAWINGS (arranged alphabetically by subject)

Subject Medium Date Bank of U. S. (Second) Water color c. 1840 Blue Anchor Inn Water color c. 1840 Bonaparte House, Bordentown Pencil 1879 Bouquet's Blockhouse, Pittsburgh Wash Busti-Kirkbride House, West Phila. Water color c. 1820 Columbia Bridge Colored pastel c. 1840 Court House, zd & Market Sts. Wash c. 1820 View Water color 1877 Fairmount Park View Water color 1876 Fairmount Water Works Water color 1876 Fairmount Water Works Blue wash c. 1840 Fairmount Water Works Water color c. 1850 Friends' Alms House Wash c. 1850 246 DRAWINGS IN THE SOCIETY April

ANONYMOUS DRAWINGS (continued) (arranged alphabetically by subject)

Subject Medium Date Herrenhut, Germany Water color 18th cent Lehigh R. Bridge Water color c. 1810 Marshall Creek, Monroe County Water color c. i860 Merchants' Exchange (heroic conception) Charcoal c. 1835 New York Battery Wash c. 1800 Pemberton House Pencil c. 1880 Picture House, 820 Spruce St. Architect's drawing 1817 Picture House (interior) Pencil 1883 Pittsburgh, Prison at Water color 1824 Portico Row, Spruce Street Wash c. 1840 St. Peter's Church Wash c. 1830 Seaport Scene Water color c. 1780 Second Street north from Market Street Wash c. 1800 Solitude Pencil c. i860 Spring Garden Water Works Pastel c. 1840 State House—Proposed plans for county build- Architect's wash drawing ing, 3 items Stille family, a member of Charcoal c. 1850 Susquehanna at Northumberland Wash 1859 Tilghman House Water color c. 1830 Treaty Monument Water color c. 1840 Washington's Headquarters, Whitemarsh Pencil & chalk 1852 Washington's Tomb, Mount Vernon Water color c. 1840 Westtown School (East view) Water color 1800 Westtown School Water color Whitemarsh Church Pencil 1853 Wissahickon Bridge Pencil c. 1850 1942 DRAWINGS IN THE SOCIETY 247

'Drawings in the Library Qompany of Philadelphia

Artist Subject Date Anonymous Stephen Girard's dwelling & counting house Anonymous Judge Tilghman's Mansion on Chestnut St. Beck, John Jordan's in Buckinghamshire Birch, William "Belmont" residence of Judge Peters. (Identified as the Craig house at Andalusia, later occupied by Nicholas Biddle.) Birch, William Fourth Street above Arch 1798 Birch, William Morris' "Folly" Birch, William Second and Market Sts. i75>8 Birch, William Springland Cottage on the Neshaminy 1798 Birch, William State House Yard in 1798 Birch, William View from Van Bram's House in Bristol Cooper, C. Colin Interior of the old library on Fifth St. c. 1876 Furness, Frank Library Building, corner of Juniper & Locust Streets Kern, W. Wain House, corner of Chestnut & Seventh Sts. Mumford, Edward Arch Street Bridge Mumford, Edward Benezet's House on Chestnut St. Mumford, Edward Block house and Pioneer's log cabin Mumford, Edward British Barracks in the Northern Liberties Mumford, Edward Carpenters' Hall, where the first Continental Congress met Mumford, Edward Carpenter's Mansion, Chestnut St. bet. 6th & 7th Sts. Mumford, Edward Christ Church, 2d St. above Market Mumford, Edward Clarke's Hall, Chestnut St. above 3d Mumford, Edward Dock Creek and the drawbridge Mumford, Edward Duche's House, 3d & Pine St. Mumford, Edward Friends' Almshouse, Walnut Street Mumford, Edward Friends' Meeting House and Court House Mumford, Edward Harris' Frontier House and Ferry on the Susquehanna Mumford, Edward High Street Prison and Market Shambles Mumford, Edward London Coffee House, Market and Front St. Mumford, Edward Loxley's House as it was in 1818 Mumford, Edward Nedowaway, taking his farewell of the Susquehanna Mumford, Edward Pegg's Run Mumford, Edward Penn's Cottage in Letitia Court Mumford, Edward Penn's Landing at Blue Anchor Inn Mumford, Edward Penn's Landing at Chester Mumford, Edward Penny Pot House and landing Mumford, Edward Prison, 3d & Market St., Stone Mumford, Edward Schumaker's Farm, Germantown Mumford, Edward Schuylkill Water Works, as built in 1799 Mumford, Edward State House Tavern, Chestnut St., between 5th & 6th Sts. Mumford, Edward "Stenton" Mumford, Edward Swedish Church and the house of Sven Sener Mumford, Edward Treaty between William Penn and the Indians 248 DRAWINGS IN THE SOCIETY April

Artist Subject Date Mumford, Edward Treaty Elm and Fairman's Mansion Poulson, C. A. Chestnut St. from corner of Carpenter's Court to 4th St. Poulson, C. A. City Tavern, southwest corner of 2d & Bank Sts. Poulson, C. A. Clymer Mansion, Chestnut St. below 7th Poulson, C. A. Front and Dock Streets in 1813 Poulson, C. A. Israel Israel's Livery Stable Poulson, C. A. Loganian Library, northwest corner Walnut & 6th Sts. Poulson, C. A. 190 Market Street, occupied by Gen. Washington Poulson, C. A. "Moon and Seven Stars," Fourth and Chestnut Streets Poulson, C. A. Morris House, corner 6th & Market Sts. Poulson, C. A. C. A. Poulson's Residence, 1824-1835 Poulson, C. A. Zachariah Poulson, Residence of, in 1879 Rush, William Franklin Square as laid out in 1824 Stout James C. Fisher's Mansion, corner 9th & Chestnut Sts. Wells, C. H. Bank of Pennsylvania, 2d St. above Walnut Wells, C. II. Chestnut St., south side. From Norris' to the southeast corner of 5th Street Wells, C. H. Duche's Mansion Wells, C. II. 4th & Prune Sts., northwest corner Wells, C. II. Henry Hill's Mansion, cor. of 4th & Union Sts. Wells, C. II. Pennington's House at the cor. of Crowii and Race Sts. Wells, C. II. Proud's House, 5th St. above North Wells, C. H. Meeting House of the Free Quakers Wells, C. H. Fort Rittenhouse, corner of 7th and Arch Sts. Wells, C. H. Rittenhouse Mill on the Wissahickon —•— Wells, C. H. 10th Street primitive houses, below Marble Alley Wells, C. H. Welch's National Theatre, Ruins of