Details
Creator Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), approximately 1804-1846, artist.
Contributor Wild & Chevalier, printer.
Stewart, Thomas S. 1806-1889, architect.
Title [Pennsylvania Hall] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1838
Date [1838]
Physical Description 1 print : hand-colored lithograph ; sheet 14 x 23 cm (5.5 x 9 in.)
Description Exterior view of the abolitionist meeting place and adjacent buildings at Sixth and Haines Streets in Philadelphia. Several white men and women pedestrians stroll the sidewalks. A carriage and horse-drawn cart pass by on the street. The hall, erected in 1838 as an arena for "free discussion," was set aflame by hostile mobs on May 17, 1838 after three days of interracial dedication ceremonies and services. The building ruins continued to stand until the Odd Fellows Society built a hall on the lot in 1846.
Is referenced by Wainwright, 274
Phillips, 271
Notes Title from duplicate print.
Attributed to John Caspar Wild.
Probably printed by Wild & Chevalier.
Probably after the wash drawing by architect Thomas S. Stewart.
Possibly artist's proof.
Published in: Samuel Webb's History of Pennsylvania Hall. (Philadelphia: Printed by Merrihew and Gun, 1838). (LCP Am 1838 Hist Pa Hall). Last page contains advertisement for a limited supply of larger frameable versions of the image to be sold at the Anti-Slavery Office, No. 29 N. 9th Street, Philadelphia.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 557
Accessioned 1982.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Subject Pennsylvania Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Sixth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 100 block.
Genre Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1830-1840.
Associated name Stewart, Thomas S. (Thomas Somerville), 1806-1889, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W274 [P.2158]
Accession number P.2158