#city views
This early salted paper print was commissioned by Charles Poulson as part of a series of 120 cityscape views by Philadelphia painter and photographer Frederick De Bourg Richards (1822-1903) to document the changing architecture of the city.
Richards’ painter’s eye for composition is visible in this perspective view of Carpenters’ Hall, the historical building that housed the Library Company 1773-1790. Richards’ photograph encapsulates the tacit acknowledgement that a city needs to preserve its history but also needs to evolve to remain vital.
Frederick De Bourg Richards, Carpenters’ Court and Hall (in perspective), Chestnut St. bet. Third & Fourth St. May 1859.
Manhattan, New York
summer in sarajevo, 2020
35mm
Towards Cascata Vecchia, Tivoli
Jean-Victor Bertin (French; 1767–1842)
1806
Oil on canvas
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
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View of Pincio and Palazzo Zuccari, Rome
Eugen Napoleon Neureuther (German; 1806–1882)
ca. 1836–37
Oil on cardboard panel
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
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