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Silk banner
Description:
silk banner carried by the Carpenters' Company in 1832. cream colored ground with the Arms of the Carpenters' Company. Hand-carved and gilt frame with eagle cresting. carried in parade to commemorate Washington's 100th birthday
Date:
1832
Item type:
banner
White's Patent
Description:
Israel White's Patent of Plane designed by I.W. Drawn by J. Akin, Lithographer, No. 18 Prune St., Philadelphia, Nov. 12, 1833. Contains a list of signatures of 107 sponsors asserting the advantages of White's invention. (Black frame, removed for…
Date:
1833
Item type:
White's patent
Oil on canvas portrait of Zachariah Howell
Description:
One of a pair of portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Zachariah Howell, by Robert Street, Philadelphia, 1834. Both half length, seated, painted to face one another. Mr. Howell holds architectural drawings in his hands. See CCCCP-044.
Date:
1834
Item type:
portrait
Oil on canvas portrait of Mrs. Zachariah Howell
Description:
One of a pair of portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Zachariah Howell, by Robert Street, Philadelphia, 1834. Both half length, seated, painted to face one another. Elizabeth is depicted with a lace cap and fichu with orange-colored stone pendant fastening.…
Author:
Robert Street
Date:
1834
Item type:
portrait