Details
Creator Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist.
Contributor Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, printer.
Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, publisher.
Title The Eastern Penitentiary. [graphic] / Lithy. of J.T. Bowen.
Publisher Philadelphia: Published by J.T. Bowen at his Lithographic & Print Colouring Establishment, 94, Walnut St
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1848
Date c1840, 1848
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, hand-colored; 14 x 18 cm. (5.25 x 7 in.)
Description Exterior view from the south east showing the front facade, including the entrance gate, of the prison built 1823-1836 after the designs of John Haviland at 2101-2199 Fairmount Avenue. In the foreground, two children watch a man, seated across from a small farm located in front of the prison, sketch. Cows graze in the pasture.
Is referenced by Wainwright 373.4
Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 123
Notes Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen.
Originally published as plate 6 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 201.4
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2206 and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Described in Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Subject Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania.
Prisons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Farms -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fairmount Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 2101-2199.
Genre Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1840-1850.
Printer Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W373.4 [P.2206]
Accession number P.2206