Details
Creator Breton, William L., artist.
Contributor Allen, Richard, 1760-1831.
Kennedy & Lucas's Lithography, printer.
Title Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Philada. [graphic] : Founded in 1794 by the Revd. Richard Allen, Bishop of the first African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. Rebuilt in 1805. / Drawn on stone by W.L. Breton.
Publisher Philadelphia : Kennedy & Lucas' Lithography
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1829
Date July 1829
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 23 x 30 cm (8.75 x 11.5 in.)
Description Exterior view of the rough cast second edifice of the African American church at 125 South 6th Street. Pedestrians and church attendees, predominately women, stroll the sidewalk and enter the house of worship adorned with a simple stone tablet inscribed, "Bethel Church." Known as "Mother Bethel," the church was formed from African American congregants discriminated against by the Methodist Episcopal Church. The 1805 building, the site of the first convention of the Unified African Methodist Episcopal Church, stood until 1841 when a third building was erected on the site.
Is referenced by Wainwright, 26
Notes Title from item.
Kennedy and Lucas, operated by David Kennedy and William B. Lucas, printed the city's first commercial lithographs, a series of church subjects drawn by W.L. Breton, probably including "Mother Bethel."
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 39
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Description revised 2021.
Accessioned 1965.
Access points revised 2021.
Subject African Methodist Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
African American churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American Methodists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Sixth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 125.
Genre Lithographs -- 1820-1830.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W26 [7500.F]
Accession number 7500.F