Morphed view of the gothic-style bank building, erected in 1808 after the designs of benjamin henry latrobe at the southwest corner of fourth and chestnut streets. Shows the building projecting upward from the plane of the paper causing a cathedral like effect to the architecture. A gate, lawn, and trees surround the building. An outbuilding is visible on the property. Couples and a lady with a parasol stroll on the sidewalk. The philadelphia bank or bank of philadelphia (predecessor of the philadelphia national bank), formed in 1803, and was incorporated in 1804 as the unofficial bank of the commonwealth. The building was razed in 1836. Print is the only recognized american "horizontorium" image and one of two known views of the bank.
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