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Friends' Alms-House. on Walnut St. Philada. -- Erected in 1745. Taken down in 1841. [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A65075
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Creator
Sinclair, Thomas S., ca. 1805-1881, lithographer.
Title
Friends' Alms-House. on Walnut St. Philada. -- Erected in 1745. Taken down in 1841. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia: Lith of T. Sinclair, 79 S. Third St
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1841
Date
[1841]
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph; 22 x 29.5 cm. (8.5 x 11.75 in.)
Description
Exterior view of the front of the almshouse located on the south side of Walnut Street between 3rd and 4th Streets.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 141
Notes
Print advertised in "The Friend. A Religious and Literary Journal," vol. XIV, no. 39 (June 26, 1841).
Possibly after William L. Breton. See Martin Snyder's "William L. Breton..." Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (1961), p. 207
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 282
Subject
Friends' Almshouse (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Almshouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Walnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 300 block -- South side.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W141 [P.2048]
Accession number
P.2048
In Collections
Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Philadelphia on Stone: Library Company of Philadelphia
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