Details
Creator Breton, William L., artist.
Contributor Printer Kennedy & Lucas, lithographer.
Title Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Philada. [graphic] : Founded in 1794 by the Revd. Richard Allen, Bishop of the first African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. Rebuilt in 1805. / Drawn on Stone by W.L. Breton.
Publisher Philadelphia: Kennedy & Lucas' Lithography,
Date July 1829.
Extent 1 print: lithograph; 23 x 30 cm.(8.75 x 11.5 in.)
Description Exterior view of the rough cast second edifice of the African American church at 125 South 6th Street. Pedestrians and church attendees, predominately women, stroll the sidewalk and enter the house of worship adorned with a simple stone tablet inscribed, "Bethel Church." Known as "Mother Bethel," the church was formed from black congregants discriminated against by the Methodist Episcopal Church. The 1805 building, the site of the first convention of the Unified African Methodist Episcopal Church, stood until 1841 when a third building was erected on the site.
Notes Kennedy and Lucas, operated by David Kennedy and William B. Lucas, printed the city's first commercial lithographs, a series of church subjects drawn by W.L. Breton, probably including "Mother Bethel."
Genre Lithographs 1820-1830.
Subject Allen, Richard,-1760-1831,
African Methodist Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
African American churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Spatial coverage Sixth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)--South--125.
Is part of Wainwright Philadelphia Lithographs
Is referenced by Wainwright 26.
Has format TMP.objres.4368.jpg
Related resource http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W026.htm
Call number Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W26 [7500.F]
Accession number 7500.F