Details
Creator McAllister & Brother.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Steinhauser, Carl Johann, 1813-1879, sculptor.
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Wills, Frank, 1822-1856, architect.
Title Saint Stephen's Church, Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia: McAllister & Brother, 728 Chestnut St
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1860
Date October 1860, c1860
Physical Description 10 photographic prints: 8 albumen on stereograph mounts; 1 albumen mounted on paper; 1 albumen on carte de visite mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.) or smaller.
Description Interior views of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1822-1823 after the designs of William Strickland at 19 South 10th Street. Shows minister, presumably Rev. Henry William Ducachet, in his clerical robes at the ornate church altar, the communion table, stained-glass windows, plaques adorned with scripture, the baptismal fount sculpture, and partial views of galleries and pews. Also includes views of the ornate tomb of Philadelphia lawyer Edward Shippen Burd designed by architect Frank Wills and the Burd Family Monument designed by Carl Steinhauser in memory of Burd's children. Family monument, composed of figures representing the three deceased Burd children and the Angel of Resurrection near a large cross, was erected in 1853 in the chapel on the north side of the church.
Notes Seven of the images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Contains six stereographic prints mounted on yellow or white paper mounts with square corners, including three with printed titles, one accompanied by a publisher's label describing the church, one [(4)1322.G.96g], hand-colored, and two accompanied by descriptive labels. Also contain a one-half stereographic print mounted on paper and a carte-de-visite.
One of the images [P.9047.102] reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 39.
Arcadia caption text: St. Stephen’s Church represents another magnificent church structure added to the cityscape of Philadelphia during the 19th century. Built 1822-1823 at 19 South Tenth Street after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland, the Gothic-style Episcopal church houses two monuments bequeathed by devout parishioner and lawyer Edward Shippen Burd. The lower view shows one of the monuments, Burd’s tomb, designed by architect Frank Wills and installed after his death in 1848. The exterior view shows the construction site opposite the church for the Franklin Market, begun in 1859.
Biographical / historical note McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
Subject Ducachet, Henry William, 1796-1865 -- Portraits.
Burd, Edward Shippen, 1779-1848 -- Tomb.
St. Stephen's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Burd family -- Monuments.
Episcopal churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Altars -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Clergy -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Stained glass -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Communion table -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Founts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Galleries (Upper level spaces) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pews -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Tenth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 19.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Stereographs -- 1850-1860.
Stereographs -- Hand-colored -- 1850-1860.
Cartes de visite -- 1850-1860.
Associated name Steinhauser, Carl Johann, 1813-1879, sculptor.
Associated name Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Associated name Wills, Frank, 1822-1856, architect.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.34a; (4)1322.F.96a, d, dx, f & g; (4)1322.F.97a & b; P.9047.102]
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cdv - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.96c]
Accession number (4)1322.F.34a
(4)1322.F.96a
(4)1322.F.96c
(4)1322.F.96d
(4)1322.F.96dx
(4)1322.F.96f
(4)1322.F.96g
(4)1322.F.97a
(4)1322.F.97b
P.9047.102