Antique Philadelphia View, Girard’s Bank, Neoclassical Architecture, 1855

Name: Antique Philadelphia View, Girard’s Bank, Neoclassical Architecture, 1855
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14038-127
Price: 245 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1855
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 14.6 × 20.6 cm (5.7 × 8.1 in)
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.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Pennsylvania
Reference: BG-14038-127

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

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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