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Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone by J.C. Wild.
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Creator
Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist.
Contributor
Collins, John, printer.
Wild & Chevalier, publisher.
Title
Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone by J.C. Wild.
Publisher
Philadelphia : Printed by John Collins
Date
c1838
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph ; 24 x 33 cm. (9.5 x 13 in.)
Description
Exterior view of the school located at the northwest corner of Sassafras (i.e. Race) and Schuylkill Third (i.e. 20th) Streets. Founded in 1833, the school first occupied this building in October 1836. View includes pedestrians strolling in the street and a watchman's guardhouse.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 277.1
Notes
Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier in 1838.
Issued as plate 12 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838).
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 562.1. Digital image shows fourth state of the print.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 862 W6442 pl. 20
Subject
Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind.
Blind -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Printer
Wild & Chevalier, publisher.
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bd 862 W 6442 pl. 20
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