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Antique Philadelphia View, Girard’s Bank, Neoclassical Architecture, 1855
€219
$245 · £185
Original print, not a reproduction
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- Date
- 1855
- Sheet size
- 5.7 × 8.1 in (14.6 × 20.6 cm)
- Condition
- Good. Good condition for age, with light overall toning and minor age-related wear to the margins. Plate mark visible. Image clean with strong contrast and fine detail preserved.
- Collection
- Bridges & monuments
- Era
- 1850 and after, The age of revivals
- Stock no.
- f_49529222
The Bank of Stephen Girard on Third Street in Philadelphia, an original steel engraving of the mid-19th century, lettered "Girard's Bank in Philadelphia". The lower margin carries the German imprint "Aus d. Kunstanst. d. bibliogr. Instit. in Hildburghausen" at the left and "Eigenthum d. Verlegers" at the right.
The building stands in full elevation at the center, a classical front with a pedimented portico of tall Corinthian columns and a balustraded roofline. Brick townhouses flank it, one with a lamp bracket and dormer windows at the right. A cart stands at the right, a dog trots across the foreground, and small groups of pedestrians, some in top hats and bonnets, stand on the steps and in the street. A young tree in the left foreground, wrapped in a protective stave guard, frames the view.
The building was erected in 1797 to 1811 as the First Bank of the United States and was bought in 1812 by the financier Stephen Girard, who used it as his private bank.
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