Prescott Place in Philadelphia

Weber's etching of Prescott Place in Philadelphia. Description for the 1953 Philadelphia Sketch Club Engagement Calendar: "Like all older American cities, Philadelphia has outgrown its old residential districts which for a time bravely withstood the ravages of time, but have now finally succumbed. Many old districts, crumbling beneath the insidious onslaught of time, stand as in Mr. Weber's etching, picturesque but outmoded, waiting for the Housing Authority to catch up with them." Eric Grogan Weber Collection (artist's grandson)