| Creator |
W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer. |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
|
Place, George Gordon, architect. |
| Title |
Church of St. James the Less, Philadelphia. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1862 |
| Date |
ca. 1862 |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 7 in.) |
| Description |
Exterior view showing the Gothic-style Protestant Episcopal church built 1846-1850 after the designs of English architect
G.G. Place on the 3200 block of West Clearfield Street near Laurel Hill Cemetery. The Ecclesiological Society, a British church
architecture society, provided the plans for the church to be recreated in the style of a 13th-century English country parish.
|
| Notes |
Title printed on mount. |
|
Yellow paper mount with square corners. |
|
Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim. |
|
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
|
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. |
|
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Biographical / historical note |
The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic
studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
|
| Subject |
Church of St. James the Less (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Clearfield Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West -- 3200-3230. |
|
East Falls (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
|
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
| Associated name |
Place, George Gordon, architect. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.85e] |
| Accession number |
(4)1322.F.85e |
