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 15 x 21 cm (6 x 8.25 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 was erected in 1838 as an arena for "free discussion." On May 17, 1838, after 3 days of interracial dedication ceremonies and services, hostile mobs set the hall on fire. The ruin 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 item.
Attributed to John Caspar Wild.
Probably printed by Wild & Chevalier.
Probably after the wash drawing by architect Thomas S. Stewart.
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 plate to be sold at the Anti-Slavery Office, No. 29 N. 9th Street, Philadelphia.
Philadelphia on Stone
Accessioned 1982.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Subject Pennsylvania Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Antislavery movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
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.2159]
Accession number P.2159