Creator |
Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846 artist. |
Contributor |
Evans, David, Jr., fl. 1794-1806, architect. |
|
Rhoads, Samuel, 1711-1784, architect. |
|
Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856, publisher. |
Title |
Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone by J.C. Wild. |
Publisher |
[Philadelphia]: J.T. Bowen |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1838 |
Date |
c1838 |
Physical Description |
1 print: lithograph; image 13.5 x 17.5 cm. (5.25 x 7 in.), on sheet 25.5 x 30 cm. (10 x 11.75 in.) |
Description |
Exterior view of the hospital, located on Pine Street between 8th and 9th Streets, from the southeast. Street scene in foreground
includes a carriage; a wagon; several riders on horseback including a woman riding side saddle; pedestrians; and a watchman's
guardhouse. Designed by Samuel Rhoads and David Evans, Jr., the east wing of the hospital was constructed 1755, the west wing
and center pavilion in the 1790s.
|
Is referenced by |
Wainwright 275.2 |
|
Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 130 |
Notes |
Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen in 1838. |
|
Originally issued as plate 13 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 in 1848 with hand coloring.
|
|
Philadelphia on Stone |
|
POS 558.2. Digital image shows third state of print. |
|
Synder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol.
LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
|
Subject |
Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Pine Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 801-849. |
Genre |
Lithographs -- 1830-1840. |
Associated name |
Evans, David, Jr., fl. 1794-1806, architect. |
Associated name |
Rhoads, Samuel, 1711-1784, architect. |
Printer |
Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856, publisher. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W275.2 [P.2162] |
Accession number |
W275-3 |
|
P.2162 |