Creator |
Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846 artist. |
Contributor |
Wild & Chevalier, printer. |
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Wild & Chevalier, publisher. |
Title |
Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone by J. C. Wild. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia : Lith. of Wild & Chevalier 72 Dock St |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1838 |
Date |
c1838 |
Physical Description |
1 print: lithograph; 14 x 18 cm. (5.13 x 7 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.
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Is referenced by |
Wainwright 277.2 |
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Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 129 |
Notes |
Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier. |
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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), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound
volume of twenty views.
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Philadelphia on Stone |
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POS 562.2. Digital image shows fourth state of print. |
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Synder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol.
LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
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Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited. |
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Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson) |
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania: |
Subject |
Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. |
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Blind -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Genre |
Lithographs -- 1830-1840. |
Printer |
Wild & Chevalier, publisher. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W277.2 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson)] |
Accession number |
W272-4 |
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Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson) |