Interior of the Chinese Museum watercolor, 1852


Permanent ID:
1609
Call number:
K: 3-95.1
Date:
1852
Image Description:
Interior of building with white walls and gold-colored chandeliers. Visitors in the museum observing out-of-view exhibits.

Exact address unknown--georeference is an approximation.
Inscription:
Interior of the Chinese Museum which occupied the N.E. corner of Ninth and Sansom Streets, built July 4, 1838. Front on Sansom St. 235 feet, width on Ninth St. 64 feet, height of ceiling 33 feet, would seat 15,000 persons, burned with General Welch's Circus adjoining 1854. (Front Bottom)
Address:
Northeast corner of 9th and Sansom Streets, Philadelphia
Format:
Watercolors
Dimensions:
Width: 34 cm, Height: 25 cm (image)
Collection:
David J. Kennedy watercolors
Related Person or Organization:
David Johnson Kennedy, 1816-1898 (painter)
Related Term:
Museum building (depicts)