Details
Creator Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist.
Contributor Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856, printer.
Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect.
Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856, publisher.
Title The Girard College [graphic] / Lith of J.T. Bowen, Ph[iladelphi]a.
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; 15.5 x 19.5 cm. (6 x 7.75 in.)
Description Exterior view of Girard College at Girard Avenue including Founder's Hall and the eastern and western outbuildings. The school buildings, designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter in the Greek Revial style, were constructed 1833-1847. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for poor white male orphans.
Is referenced by Wainwright 379.4
Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 122
Notes Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen in 1840.
Originally issued as plate 5 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 304.4
Synder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Subject Girard College -- Buildings.
Orphans -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject College Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 2000-2490.
Genre Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1840-1850.
Associated name Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect.
Printer Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W379 [P.2211]
Accession number P.2211