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Nightlife in Philadelphia - an Oyster Barrow in front of the Chestnut Street Theater, (painting). Artist:  Krimmel, John Lewis, 1786-1821, painter. (attributed to) Svin'in, Pavel Petrovich, painter. (formerly attributed to) Title:  Nightlife in Philadelphia - an Oyster Barrow in front of the Chestnut Street Theater, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1811-1813. Medium:  Watercolor and graphite on white laid paper. Dimensions:  9 3/16 x 6 13/16 in. (23.3 x 17.3 cm). Description:  A dark Philadelphia street illuminated by a woman holding up a candle to shed light on a group of fashionably dressed men eating oysters from an African American street vendor's cart. In the background the facade of the Chestnut Street Theater is visible. Subject:  Cityscape -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Cityscape -- Street -- Chestnut Street Cityscape -- Time -- Night Architecture exterior -- Civic -- Theater Architecture exterior -- Civic -- Chestnut Street Theater Figure group Ethnic -- African American Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 42.95.18 Provenance:  Acquired 1942. References:  Exh.catalog "Centennial of American Watercolor Society," Metropolitan Museum, 1966, pg. 10. Avery, Kevin J., "American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born before 1835," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002, pg. 323. Illustration:  Image on file. Avery, Kevin J., "American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born before 1835," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002, pg. 323. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 81960019   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 81960019 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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