Girard College [graphic] / Pictorial embellishment of the Philada. Saturday Courier a family paper of the largest size published at two dollars a year in advance including two engravings of this kind yearly. On stone by J.C. Wild.

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Creator	Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist.
Contributor	Philadelphia Saturday Courier.
	Wild & Chevalier, printer.
	Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect.
Title	Girard College [graphic] / Pictorial embellishment of the Philada. Saturday Courier a family paper of the largest size published at two dollars a year in advance including two engravings of this kind yearly. On stone by J.C. Wild.
Publisher	Philadelphia : J.T. Bowen
Publisher	PA. Philadelphia. 1838
Date	c1838
Physical Description	1 print : lithograph ; approximately 21.5 x 30 cm. (8.5 x 12 in.)
Description	View of Founder's Hall at Girard College constructed 1833-1847 from designs by Philadelphia architect Thomas U. Walters. Also shows pedestrian traffic on the grounds. The Hall occupied a site between what became Girard Avenue and Ridge Avenue at Corinthian Avenue. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for poor white male orphans.
Is referenced by	Wainwright 155.2
Notes	Issued as one of two annual "pictorial illustrations" for the Philadelphia Saturday Courier.
	Philadelphia on Stone
	POS 311.2
	Cited by Wainwright as in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Copy unlocated.
	Historical Society of Pennsylvania: copy unlocated
Subject	Girard College -- Buildings.
	Orphans -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
	Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject	College Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 2000-2490.
Genre	Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Associated name	Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect.
Location	Historical Society of Pennsylvania \| W155.2 [HSP unlocated]