Details
Contributor Stewart, Thomas S. (Thomas Somerville), 1806-1889, architect.
Printer Wild & Chevalier, printer.
Title Pennsylvania Hall. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia:
Date [c1838]
Extent 1 print: lithograph, hand-colored; 15 x 21 cm.(6 x 8.25 in.)
Description Exterior view of the abolitionist meeting place and adjacent buildings at Sixth and Haines Streets in Philadelphia. Several pedestrians stroll the sidewalks. A carriage and horse-drawn cart pass by on the street. The hall, erected in 1838 as an arena for "free discussion", was set aflame by hostile mobs on May 17, 1838 after three days of interracial dedication ceremonies and services. The building ruins continued to stand until the Odd Fellows Society built a hall on the lot in 1846.
Notes Attributed to John Caspar Wild.
Probably printed by Wild & Chevalier.
Probably after the wash drawing by architect Thomas S. Stewart.
Published in: [Samuel Webb's] History of Pennsylvania Hall. (Philadelphia: Printed by Merrihew and Gun, 1838). (LCP Am 1838 Hist Pa Hall). Last page contains advertisement for a limited supply of larger frameable versions of the plate to be sold at the Anti-Slavery Office, No. 29 N. 9th Street, Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs Hand-colored 1830-1840.
Subject Pennsylvania Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Antislavery movements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Spatial coverage Sixth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)--North--100 block.
Is part of Wainwright Philadelphia Lithographs
Is referenced by Wainwright 274.
Phillips 271.
POS 557
Has format TMP.objres.4544.jpg
Related resource http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W274.htm
Call number Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W274 [P.2159]
Accession number P.2159