Details
Creator Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist.
Contributor Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Printer Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856, publisher.
Title University of Pennsylvania. [graphic] / Lithy. of J.T. Bowen.
Publisher Philadelphia: Published by J.T. Bowen, at his Lithographic & Print Colouring Establishment, No. 94 Walnut St.,
Date [1848].
Extent 1 print: lithograph with hand coloring; 17 x 18 cm. (6.5 x 7 in.)
Description Exterior view of the University's twin buildings, Medical Hall and College Hall, located on the west side of 9th Street between Market and Chestnut Streets. Designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland and constructed 1829-1830, the buildings housed the University until its removal to West Philadelphia in the 1870s. View includes a group of students gathered in a doorway, and several pedestrians including two women carrying parasols.
Notes Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen in 1842.
Originally issued as plate 15 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring.
Snyder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-75.
Genre Lithographs Hand colored 1840-1850.
Subject University of Pennsylvania.
Universities & colleges--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Spatial coverage Ninth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)--South--000 block.
Is part of Wainwright Philadelphia Lithographs
Is referenced by Wainwright 419 third state.
Deak 482.
Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 132.
Phillips 411.
Has format TMP.objres.4616.jpg
Related resource http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W419-3.htm
Call number Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W419 [P.2232]
Accession number P.2232