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Windrim, James H. (American architect, 1840-1919)
The thirteen story Stephen Girard Building at Girard and 12th Streets was begun in 1896 as offices for the Board of the Stephen Girard Estates Trust. …
Blodgett, Samuel (American architect and merchant, 1757-1814); Fenner, Sears & Co. (British architectural and landscape engravers, active 1830-ca. 1836)
Engraving showing the First Bank of the United States as Stephen Girard's Bank (1812-1929). Labeled lower left "Drawn by C. Burton N.Y." lower right…
Birch, William Russell (British printmaker and miniaturist active in United States, 1755-1834)
The first Chestnut Street Theater, built in 1791 and remodeled by Benjamin Latrobe in 1805, stood at the NW corner of 6th and Chestnut Streets.…
Birch, William Russell (British printmaker and miniaturist active in United States, 1755-1834)
The first Chestnut Street Theater, built in 1791 and remodeled by Benjamin Latrobe in 1805, stood at the NW corner of 6th and Chestnut Streets.…
Rush, William (American sculptor, 1756-1833)
The Schuylkill River is shown as a classical river god whose chains symbolize the control of the river by the Fairmount Dam and Water Works.
Stuart, James (English architect, archaeologist, and designer, 1713-1788); Revett, Nicholas (English architect and author, 1720-1804)
Plate from Stuart and Revett's The Antiquities of Athens (1762) showing a reconstruction of the Tower of the Winds.
Andronikos of Kyrrhos (Greek astronomer and architect, active late 2nd-early 1st centuries BCE)
The Tower of the Winds, named from the sculptured reliefs of wind-god that make up a frieze marking the cardinal directions on its eight sides, is…
Strickland, William (American architect, painter, and engraver, 1788-1854)