Details
Creator Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist.
Title [Certificate of the Guardians, Physicans and Surgeons of the] Philadelphia Alms House [graphic] / From nature & on stone by G. Lehman.
Publisher Philadelphia: Lehman & Duval, lithrs
Date [ca. 1835]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; image 40 x 26 cm.(7.75 x 11.75 in.)
Description Certificate containing an exterior view of the Blockley Almshouse and Philadelphia General Hospital in West Philadelphia. Under a cloudy sky, a horse-drawn carriage passes and a few men walk in front of the building. A large yard and a tree are visible in the foreground. The Board of Guardians, the governing board of the Guardians of the Poor, established in 1782 and abolished in 1877, oversaw the operations of the almshouse, including admissions, accounts, and employment of the poor. The almshouse was completed in 1833 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland.
Is referenced by Wainwright 49
Notes pdcp00029
Title supplied by Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 100
Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Alms House
Originally Castner 9:63.
To request a reproduction of this print, please contact the holding institution cited.
Subject Blockley Almshouse.
Philadelphia General Hospital.
Almshouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject West Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Certificates -- 1830-1840.
Associated name Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Location Free Library of Philadelphia.| Print and Picture Collection. FLP| FLP Philadelphiana - Alms House
Accession number pdcp00029