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JEANES, Joseph Y. (collector). Views of Old Phila

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[Philadelphia: 1850s-1900.] Album containing 70 corner mounted photographs, including salt prints, albumen prints, cyanotypes and silver prints by various photographers, including Frederick Debourg Richards, James McClees, John Moran and others. With an additional photograph laid in. Small folio (310 x 200 mm). 19th century calf-backed marbled paper boards. Condition: contents disbound, images generally strong; rebacked. Provenance: Joseph Y. Jeanes; J. Welles Henderson. important album of early photographs of philadelphia spanning the second half of the 19th century. Includes the following images: 1) Chew House Germantown Philad, taken April 1859. Untrimmed salt print. 150 x 195 mm. Attributed to Frederick Debourg Richards, dated in the negative April 1859. 2) N.E. Cor 2nd & Race Sts Philada taken 1860. Untrimmed salt print. 165 x 205 mm. Attributed to Frederick Debourg Richards, dated in the negative March 3d 1860 and March 1859. 3) Judd's Hotel. Salt print of a painting. 202 x 165 mm. c. 1859. 4) N.E. & N.W. Cor 10th and Chestnut Sts taken 1860. Untrimmed albumen print. 210 x 160 mm. Possibly by Henry B. Odiorne, c. 1860 [image includes a large political banner for the Constitutional Union Party ticket of John Bell and Edward Everett in the 1860 election]. 5) Chalkley Hall near Frankford Junction Depot, Built by Abel James about 1750 Albumen print. 150 x 200 mm. Possibly by Robert Newell, c. 1870. 6) Penn Treaty Monument, Kensington. Silver print, 198 x 150 mm. c. 1900. 7) 2nd & Pine Sts. East Side looking South. 1860. Untrimmed salt print. 215 x 165 mm. Possibly by Frederick DeBourg Richards, c. 1860. 8) Whitby Hall Grays Lane taken 1870. Albumen print. 216 x 175 mm. Attributed to Robert Newell, c. 1870. 9) Franklin's Grave S.E. Cor 5th & Arch St 1859. Untrimmed albumen print. 140 x 200 mm. Attributed to Frederick DeBourg Richards, c. 1860. 10) St. Peters P.E. Church S.W. Cor 3rd & Pine St taken Sept 1868. Untrimmed albumen print. 208x162 mm. Possibly by Robert Newell, c. 1870. 11) 3rd St West Side of Arch St taken 1868. Untrimmed albumen print. 210 x 145 mm. Attributed to John Moran, c. 1870. 12) 12th Street Market Taken April 6, 1864. Untrimmed albumen print. 155 x 125 mm. c. 1865. 13) Belle Air Phila Seckel Residence with original Secliel Pear Tree taken 1885. Untrimmed cyanotype. 102 x 125 mm. c. 1890. 14) Star Tavern opposite Woodlands Cemetery Darby Road taken 1882. Untrimmed cyanotype. 103 x 123 mm. c. 1890. 15) Chestnut St Theatre North Side Chestnut St next door to 6th St taken April 26 1853. Untrimmed cyanotype. 200 x 125 mm. From a negative attributed to James E. McClees, printed c. 1890. 16) Columbia Bridge. (Fairmount Park) the four western spans show the old wooden bridge taken Nov 5th 1886. Cyanotype. 97 x 120 mm. c. 1890. 17) Jolly Post Boy Inn Frankford Philad. Built Before 1775 torn down 1912 taken 1885 Cyanotype. 100 x 130 mm. c. 1890. 18) Commercial Exchange Dock and Walnut Sts. Albumen print. 97 x 87 mm. Possibly by John Moran, c. 1862. 19) Rear of "Stenton" the home of James Logan. Albumen print. 102 x 80 mm. Possibly by John Moran, c. 1862. 20) South West Corner of 9th & Chestnut Sts after the fire which originated in Caldwells Jewelry Store. Albumen print. 130 x 95 mm. Attributed to John Moran, c. 1869. 21) Castle in State of Schuylkill below Grays Ferry. taken 1885. Cyanotype. 130 x 102 mm. c. 1890. 22) "Wain Grove" Frankford, Philada taken Oct 1886. Cyanotype. 96 x 120 mm. c. 1890. 23) A very old House in Frankford Philada west side of Main St taken Oct 23 1886 Cyanotype. 97 x 120 mm. c. 1890. 24) Chestnut St looking East from about half way above 9th about 1863. Albumen print. 98 x 115 mm. Possibly by Henry B. Odiorne, c. 1863. 25) Fairmount Water works looking from West Bank of Schuylkill River about 1860 Albumen print. 87 x 90 mm. Possibly by John Moran, c. 1860. 26) Fairmount Water works forebay 1860. Albumen print. 145 x 192 mm., c. 1860. 27) Washington's Headquarters, Valley Forge, Pa. Albumen print. 120 x 86 mm. Attributed to John Moran, c. 1865. 28) Presbyterian Church Broad and Lombard Sts S.W. Corner. Albumen print. 100 x 80 mm. Possibly by John Moran, c. 1865. 29) St. John's Church North Side Race St between 5th and 6th. Albumen print. 95 x 80 mm. Attributed to John Moran, c. 1865. 30) State House. Albumen print of an engraving. 56 x 86 mm. c. 1865. 31) Bank of Pennsylvania. Albumen print of an engraving. 53 x 86 mm. c. 1865. 32) Christ Church. Albumen print. 68 x 72 mm. Possibly by John Moran, c. 1863. 33) The old house in which Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. Albumen print of a painting. 86 x 110 mm. c. 1870?. 34) House on 3rd St next door to St Peters Church 3rd & Pine 1859. Salt print. 182 x 140 mm. Attributed to Frederick DeBourg Richards, c. 1859. 35) Rev. Dr. Blackwell House South Side Pine St above 2nd. Albumen print. 195 x 155 mm. Attributed to John Moran, c. 1868. 36) Market St North Side West from 7th St 1859. Silver print. 196 x 136 mm. Copy from a salt print attributed to Frederick DeBourg Richards, dated in the negative 1859, printed c. 1900. 37) Slate Roof House. Silver print. 155 x 115 mm. Copy of a salt print attributed to Frederick DeBourg Richards c. 1854, printed c. 1900. Finkel 54. 38) NW Cor 10th and Chestnut. Silver print. 157 x 115 mm. Copy from a salt print attributed to Frederick DeBourg Richards, printed c. 1900. 39) St James Church N.W. Cor 22nd Walnut 1882. Cyanotype. 96 x 115 mm. c. 1885. 40) [Eaglesfield, at the Girard Avenue Curve, West Park, on the Schuylkill (now demolished)]. Albumen print of an engraving. 57 x 84 mm. c. 1870?, 41) Market St below 6th 1859. Albumen? print. 102 x 125 mm. Copy of a salt print possibly by Frederick DeBourg Richards, c. 1859, printed later. 42) Arcade Hotel, 600 Block Chestnut Street. Albumen? print. 145 x 116 mm. Copy of a salt print attributed to Frederick DeBourg Richards, c. 1859, printed later. 43) Old London Coffee House S.W. Cor Front &Market Sts. Albumen print. 135 x 130 mm. Possibly by Frederick DeBourg Richards or James E. McClees, c. 1860. 44) Third St West Side below Arch St. Salt print. 195 x 145 mm. Attributed to Frederick DeBourg Richards, c. 1859. 45) Delaware Avenue & Spruce St. Salt print. 162 x 210 mm. Possibly by Frederick DeBourg Richards, c. 1859. 46) Old Swedes Church. Albumen print. 75 x 86 mm. Possibly by John Moran, c. 1862. 47) Washington's Headquarters Valley Forge. Albumen print. 120 x 83 mm. Possibly by John Moran, c. 1862. 48) Liberty Bell in State House. Albumen print, 90 x 77 mm. Attributed to John Moran, c. 1862. Finkel 122. 49) Old Swedes Church. Albumen print. 117 x 80 mm. Attributed to John Moran, c. 1862. 50) Saint Johns with Houses in Rear. Albumen print of a painting. 60 x 92 mm. c. 1870?. 51) "Woodford" Fairmont Park (East). Albumen print. 90 x 110 mm. Possibly by John Moran, c. 1862. 52) St. Stephens (P.E.) 10th St above Chestnut. Albumen print. 90 x 55 mm. Copy of a salt print attributed to Frederick DeBourg Richards. c. 1860?. 53) Christ Church (South Side). Albumen print. 106 x 80 mm. Attributed to John Moran, c. 1861. 54) Loxley House 2nd St below Dock St. Albumen print. 130 x 100 mm. Copy of a salt print attributed to Frederick Debourg Richards, c. 1859, printed later. 55) Old United States Mint. Albumen print. 130 x 95 mm (oval). c. 1865?. 56) The State House. From a daggaretype [sic] taken in 1847. Salt print. 170 x 125 mm. c. 1859. 57) Orphan Asylum & Widows House. 18th & Cherry Sts. Albumen print of an engraving. 55 x 86 mm. c. 1870?. 58) Avenue of Trees to State in Schuylkill Fish House below Grays Ferry 1885. Cyanotype. 123 x 95 mm. c. 1890. 59) High School Broad and Spring Garden Sts & Portion of New Jerusalem Church taken in 1855. Albumen print. 220 x 175 mm. Attributed to James E. McClees, c. 1860. 60) 244 South Front St taken in 1868 [Riggs &Bro. Nautical Store]. Albumen print. 185 x 134 mm (arched top). Attributed to John Moran, c. 1870. 61) East Side Swanson St. No. 757 corner of Meade St taken in 1868 [Dougherty Ship Joiner]. Albumen print. 195 x 145 mm. Attributed to John Moran, c. 1870. 62) German School North Side Cherry St below 4th St taken Nov 1868. F. J. Dreer went to school in this building in 1820 when he was 8 years of age. Albumen print. 220 x 151 mm. Attributed to John Moran, c. 1870. 63) St. Peters P.E. Church S.W. Cor 3rd & Pine Sts taken 1869. Albumen print. 195 x 150 mm (arched top). Attributed to John Moran, c. 1870. 64) Smith Residence South Side Christian St from 8th to 7th St. Albumen print. 190 x 145 mm. Attributed to John Moran, c. 1868. 65) F. J. Dreer's father and mother moved from this house to Mantua in the summer of 1853. 152 Sth 4th St taken May 1855. Salt print. 190 x 144 mm. Attributed to Frederick DeBourg Richard or James E. McClees. c. 1859. 66) Interior of Christ P.E. Church 2nd St above Market as if in 1785. Salt print?. 160 x 145 mm. Copy of a drawing or engraving, c. 1859?. 67) South Side Christian St west of 2nd St taken 1868. Albumen print. 192 x 132 mm. Attributed to John Moran, c. 1870. 68) No. 405 East Side Penn St. above Pine Street taken in 1869. Albumen print. 187 x 135 mm. Attributed to John Moran, c. 1870. 69) 111 Queen St North Side above Front St. Albumen print. 197 x 135 mm. Attributed to John Moran, c. 1870. 70) South Front St West Side above Dock St taken 1868 [J. Robinson Grocer]. Albumen print. 172 x 133 mm (arched top). Attributed to John Moran, c. 1870. [With]: S.W. corner Del Avenue and Race St 1868. Mounted albumen print. 132 x 205 mm. Possibly by John Moran. Provenance: Joseph Jackson (pencil note on verso). Laid into the above. Joseph Y. Jeanes was among the best turn of the 20th-century Philadelphia collectors. Assembling an impressive library, which included original Audubon drawings (now located at Harvard), Jeanes was a notable member of the Library Company among other Philadelphia-area institutions. It appears that he collected these images over a long period, with internal evidence suggesting some to have come from historian Joseph Jackson and antiquary Ferdinand J. Dreer. Among the photographers represented are John Moran, the brother of the noted western artist. Moran, whose images display remarkable quality and composition, is considered among the most artistic photographers of the post-Civil War period. In 1875, he wrote of photography: "Art in all its forms is the form of thought, and the photographic work which rises to this plane is the expression of the ideas of the photographer. Nature in some sort becomes plastic to his touch, and he moulds her to his judgement; this, however, he does by selection rather than construction; this happy selection comes from the power to see the beautiful, and results from a highly trained taste" ("Thoughts on Art, Nature and Photography" in The Philadelphia Photographer, June 1875). While institutional holdings of these or similar images are substantial, most notably by the Library Company and the Free Library of Philadelphia, those collections were largely assembled at the same time that this album was compiled by Jeanes. Similar albums, or even individual images from this period, seldom come to market.

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