Chief Justice William Tilghman (1756–1827) served on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court until 1827. Watson III:193: “The Tilghman Mansion — The old mansion of the late Chief-Justice Tilghman, which stood on the site of the late Arcade building, was an old-fashioned, double two-story house, looking very antiquated, with a low brick wall, a wooden paling on the top, and an entrance in the centre. It stood back from the street about fifty feet, with a lawn in front. After Judge Tilghman bought it he built a fine addition in front of the old house about the year 1809. It was a conspicuous ornament to Chestnut street. It was taken down to make way for the Arcade in 1826.” Henrietta Ritchie was a late 19th century Philadelphia etcher. She exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1891 [Falk III:2778]. Ritchie also exhibited two prints at the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. This is one of a series of ten Philadelphia views, artist’s proofs, etched by Ritchie entitled “Views in and near Philadelphia” and issued in a portfolio.