Image of an exterior view, from an unusual elevated perspective, looking down on the Philadelphia Bank Building designed by Benjamin Latrobe and located at the corner of Chestnut and Fourth Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with outbuilding, trees, gate, and pedestrians on the sidewalk; semicircle printed on lower center margin; this projection is used to create a monocular 3D effect: place the print on a flat surface, close one eye and place the other above the 'D' in the bottom center of the page; the distortion should then correct itself, and the building should suddenly snap into standard perspective projection (the image should appear to be 3D). "From the original Drawing by Wm. Mason, in the possession of Charles N. Bancker Esqr. Philadelphia. Published by R.H. Hobson 147 Chestnut Street."--text, bottom left margin.
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1832 by R.H. Hobson in the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."--text, bottom left margin.
"Drawn on Stone by J.J. Barker."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 57.79 x 57.47 cm (22 3/4 x 22 5/8 in.)
Architecture--Details--Pictorial works Banks and banking--Pictorial works Buildings--Pictorial works Commercial streets--Pictorial works Optical illusions in art Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works Bank of Philadelphia Lithographs--1825-1850. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Finance Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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