Gerard's [Girard's] Bank, Philadelphia, from "Atlas til Friherre Klinckowströms Bref om de Förente Staterne" (Atlas to accompany Baron Klinckowström's Letters Written on a Journey to the United States, 1818–20)

1824

Not on view

This aquatint view records the elegant Greek Revival temple-like building at 120 Third Street, Philadelphia, designed and built in 1795 by Samuel Blodgett to house the First Bank of the United States. By 1818-20, when drawn by Klinckström, it housed a bank founded in 1811by Stephen Girard (1750–1831) (today the buidling is a national historic landmark). Horse-drawn carts on the cobblestone streets, and humbler wood and brick structures nearby, contrast with the polished white marble.

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Title: Gerard's [Girard's] Bank, Philadelphia, from "Atlas til Friherre Klinckowströms Bref om de Förente Staterne" (Atlas to accompany Baron Klinckowström's Letters Written on a Journey to the United States, 1818–20)
Series/Portfolio: Atlas til Friherre Klinckowströms Bref om de Förente Staterne (Atlas to accompany Baron Klinckowström's Letters Written on a Journey to the United States, 1818–20)
Designer: Axel Klinckowström (Swedish, 1775–1837)
Etcher: Carl Fredrik Akrell (Swedish, 1779–1868)
Date: 1824
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Dimensions: Plate: 10 5/8 × 13 1/16 in. (27 × 33.2 cm)
Sheet: 14 11/16 × 20 7/8 in. (37.3 × 53.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Object Number: 24.90.1965(7)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Atlas til Friherre Klinckowströms Bref om de Förente Staterne (Atlas to accompany Baron Klinckowström's Letters Written on a Journey to the United States, 1818–20)

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1824

Broadway and City Hall in New York (Brodway-Gatan Och Rådhuset i New York)

Axel Klinckowström

Carl Fredrik Akrell

1824

Newyorks Hamn och Redd, Från Brooklyn på Longisland (New York Harbor and Docks, from Brooklyn, Long Island)

Axel Klinckowström

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Map of New York Bay and Surrounding Area, from "Atlas til Friherre Klinckowströms Bref om de Förente Staterne" (Atlas to accompany Baron Klinckowström's Letters Written on a Journey to the United States, 1818–20)

Axel Klinckowström

1824

Fire Extinguisher Pumping Mechanism, from "Atlas til Friherre Klinckowströms Bref om de Förente Staterne" (Atlas to accompany Baron Klinckowström's Letters Written on a Journey to the United States, 1818–20)

Axel Klinckowström

1824

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