Museu de Filadelphia, c.1845 (litho)

Exterior view of the Philadelphia Museum known as the Chinese Museum built circa 1836-1838 after the designs of Isaac Holden at Ninth and Sansom streets. Pedestrians walk in front of and into the museum in which a woman is visible walking down a staircase. Also shows adjacent buildings, an awning post, and street lamp. Museum served as an exhibition space including the display of Nathan Dunn's Chinese artifact collection and the Philadelphia Museum Company’s holdings of artist Charles Willson Peale’s collections as well as a concert, public meeting, and lecture space until razed by fire on ...