Creator |
Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846 artist. |
Contributor |
Wild & Chevalier, printer. |
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Evans, David, Jr., fl. 1794-1806, architect. |
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Rhoads, Samuel, 1711-1784, architect. |
|
Wild & Chevalier, publisher. |
Title |
Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone by J.C. Wild. |
Publisher |
[Philadelphia]: Lith. of Wild & Chevalier, 72 Dock St |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1838 |
Date |
[1838] |
Physical Description |
1 print: lithograph; image 13.5 x 17.5 cm. (5.25 x 7 in.), on sheet 15.5 x 19 cm. (6 x 7.5 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.
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Is referenced by |
Wainwright 275.1 |
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Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 130 |
Notes |
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), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each in 1838, and later sold
as a bound volume of twenty views.
|
|
Philadelphia on Stone |
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POS 558.1. 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. 32-75.
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Subject |
Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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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 |
Wild & Chevalier, publisher. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W275 [P.2161] |
Accession number |
W275-3 |
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P.2161 |