Details
Creator Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist.
Contributor Kennedy & Lucas, printer.
Title A Monday morning view of Friends Meeting House and Academy, Philada. Forty years ago. [graphic] / Drawn on stone by W. L. Breton, Philada.
Publisher Philadelphia: Kennedy & Lucas' lithography
Date 1829
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph mounted on linen; 22 x 26 cm.(8.75 x 10.25 in.)
Description Busy street scene showing the meetinghouse and school protected by a brick wall with five entrances at the southeast corner of Fourth and Chestnut streets. Shows young and old Friends departing and arriving, including J. P[emberton?], W. Waring, J. Evans, Robert Proud, [Jam?]es Pemberton, Nick Waln, and Thomas Morris. Many of the older Quakers use canes. Also shows two African American boys riding and chasing a pig near a street vendor and neighboring buildings. Meetinghouse completed in 1764 and razed in 1859.
Is referenced by Wainwright 4
Fowble 242
Notes Inscribed on recto: 4th & Chestnut. 1789.
Inscribed on verso: Gift of Mrs. C. M. Thomas Sept. 5, 1919.
Contains inscriptions identifying several of the Quaker figures below the image.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 479
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 862 B 756 #45
HSP copy trimmed.
Subject Friends' meeting houses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- 1820-1830.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bb 862 B 756 #45