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Photo, Print, Drawing T. E. Chapman, Book Store and Book Bindery, 74 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia.

About this Item

Title

  • T. E. Chapman, Book Store and Book Bindery, 74 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia.

Summary

  • William H. Rease, born in Pennsylvania circa 1818, was the most prolific lithographer of advertising prints in Philadelphia during the 1840s and 1850s. This advertisement shows the premises on the 100 block of North Fourth Street of the bookseller, binder, and publisher Thomas Ellwood Chapman. A male patron enters the store. A small broadside hangs in the door window, bundles of fibrous material rest atop the mantle, and shelves of books are visible lining the wall. A woman in the street stands to the side of the cellar doors closely examining the window display. A sign reading "rags bought" is a reminder that cotton rags from used clothing were the raw material of the best paper. The wooden door in the building facade possibly leads to an alleyway. Chapman opened the bookstore here in 1840, added the bindery in 1843, and relocated in 1849. Rease became active in his trade around 1844, and through the 1850s he mainly worked with printers Frederick Kuhl and Wagner & McGuigan in the production of advertising prints known for their portrayals of human details. Although Rease often collaborated with other lithographers, by 1850 he promoted in O'Brien's Business Directory his own establishment at 17 South Fifth Street, above Chestnut Street. In 1855 he relocated his establishment to the northeast corner of Fourth and Chestnut Streets (after a circa 1853-55 partnership with Francis Schell), where in addition to advertising prints he produced certificates, views, maps, and maritime prints.

Names

  • Rease, William H., circa 1818-1893 Artist.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : Printed by F. Kuhl, 1847-08.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1847-08
  • -  Advertising
  • -  Bookbinders
  • -  Books
  • -  Booksellers and bookselling
  • -  Bookstores
  • -  Lithographs
  • -  Merchants
  • -  Rag trade
  • -  Storefronts
  • -  Stores and shops
  • -  Street scenes

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 734"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph ; 29 x 17 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: The Library Company of Philadelphia.
  • -  Content in English.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Philadelphia on Stone

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021670279

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Rease, William H., Circa Artist. T. E. Chapman, Book Store and Book Bindery, 74 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1847. Philadelphia: Printed by F. Kuhl, -08. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670279/.

APA citation style:

Rease, W. H. (1847) T. E. Chapman, Book Store and Book Bindery, 74 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1847. Philadelphia: Printed by F. Kuhl, -08. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670279/.

MLA citation style:

Rease, William H., Circa Artist. T. E. Chapman, Book Store and Book Bindery, 74 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Printed by F. Kuhl, -08. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670279/>.