| Creator |
Charles Magnus & Co. |
| Contributor |
Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect. |
| Title |
Philadelphia. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
New York: Chas. Magnus & Co., 12 Frankfurt St |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1855 |
| Date |
[ca. 1855] |
| Physical Description |
1 print: lithograph; 16 x 25 cm. (6.25 x 10 in.) |
| Description |
Bird's eye view print after B. F. Smith's 1850 lithograph "Philadelphia. From Girard College." View looking south from above
Girard College (2000-2490 North College Avenue) showing the city to South Philadelphia. Includes Founder's Hall and the eastern
and western outbuildings; Eastern State Penitentiary; Schuylkill River; and a church near the college grounds. Also shows
spectators on the roof of Founder's Hall. The college buildings, designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter in
the Greek Revival 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 |
See Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 167 |
|
See Reps 3579 |
| Notes |
Not in Wainwright. |
|
See LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #69. |
|
Gift of David Doret. |
|
Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Views - Philadelphia from Girard College. FLP also holds copy "Exec by G.G.
Lange Darmstadt."
|
|
Philadelphia on Stone |
|
POS 568 |
| Subject |
Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania -- Buildings. |
|
Girard College -- Buildings. |
| Geographic subject |
College Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 2000-2490. |
|
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Pictorial works. |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- 1850-1860. |
|
Bird's eye view prints -- 1850-1860. |
| Associated name |
Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| BW - Views - Philadelphia [P.2005.21.2] |
| Accession number |
P.2005.21.2 |
