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A Southwestern View of Washington Square

A Southwestern View of Washington Square

View of Washington Square
This streetscape painting shows pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, and a trolley car travelling 7th Street along Washington Square. In the foreground (left) is the since-demolished gray stone First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, erected in 1822 by architect John Haviland (1792-1852).

About this item

is part of: Discourse and Discovery: Places of Gathering in Philadelphia
contributing repository: Athenaeum of Philadelphia
title: A Southwestern View of Washington Square
date(s) created: circa 1910
creator(s): Franklin Hamilton Taylor (1846-1927)
language: English
subjects: Philadelphia, architecture, culture, gathering, place
identifier (local): 68.3
link to item in repository’s digital library: https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/im_display.cfm/934320
rights: https://philaathenaeum.org/rights-and-reproductions/