Details
Creator R. Newell & Son, photographer.
Contributor Evans, David, Jr., fl. 1794-1806, architect.
Evans, David, 1733-1817, architect.
H. Ropes & Co., distributor.
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
McArthur, John, fl. 1837-1859, architect.
Title [Pennsylvania Hospital, 801-849 Pine Street, Philadelphia] [graphic] / R. Newell & Son, 626 Arch Street.
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1875
Date ca. 1875
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 18 x 11 cm.(4 x 7 in.)
Description View looking north showing the center house of the hospital, founded in 1751, built between 1755-1805. View includes a group of men standing in front of the building. West wing built 1794-1796 and the center house built 1794-1805 after the designs of David Evans, Sr. and David Evans, Jr. Building altered between 1846-1853 after the designs of John McArthur and John McArthur, Jr.
Notes Title supplied by cataloguer.
Photographer's imprint stamped on mount.
Distributors' imprint printed on mount: H. Ropes & Co., 323 Broadway, N.Y. Manufs of Stereoscopes & Graphoscopes.
Yellow mount with rounded corners.
Inscribed in negative: 151.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 47.
Arcadia caption text: Pennsylvania Hospital, chartered in 1751 thanks to the efforts of Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin, served the indigent sick and mentally ill in Philadelphia. In 1756 Samuel Rhoads designed the east wing of the hospital building on the north side of Pine Street near Eighth Street. A group of men pose in front of the central administration building, built in 1804 to unite the completed east and west wings. The pilastered central block contained the oldest surgical amphitheater in the United States, the drum and dome of which are visible in this c. 1875 image.
Duplicate of P.9260.63.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son, Henry, was active from circa 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Subject Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Pine Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 801-849.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Associated name Evans, David, Jr., fl. 1794-1806, architect.
Associated name Evans, David, 1733-1817, architect.
Associated name McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Associated name McArthur, John, fl. 1837-1859, architect.
Printer H. Ropes & Co., distributor.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Hospitals [P.9260.64]
Accession number P.9260.64