Details
Creator Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist.
Contributor Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, printer.
Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, publisher.
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Title Alms House. Philadelphia. [graphic] / Painted by J. C. Wild.
Publisher [Philadelphia]: J. T. Bowen
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1838
Date c1838
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 34 x 25 cm. (13.25 x 9.75 in.)
Description Exterior view of the Blockley Alms House on the Schuylkill River from eastern bank including the Market Street Bridge, Beck's shot tower, and in the far distance Eastern State Penitentiary. The Almshouse, designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland, was constructed in 1833.
Is referenced by Wainwright 14.3
Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 125
Notes Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen.
Originally published as plate 8 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and 1848 with hand-coloring.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 14.3
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush).
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 862 W6442.
Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-75.
Subject Blockley Almshouse.
Philadelphia General Hospital.
Almshouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject West Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Associated name Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Printer Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W14.3 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)]
Accession number Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)