| Creator |
Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846 artist. |
| Contributor |
Collins, John, fl. 1833-1869, printer. |
|
Wild & Chevalier, publisher. |
| Title |
Philadelphia from the Navy Yard [graphic] / On stone by J. C. Wild. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia: Printed by J. Collins |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1838 |
| Date |
c1838 |
| Physical Description |
1 print: lithograph; 14 x 18 cm. (5.25 x 7 in.) |
| Description |
Marine view looking north on the Delaware River showing the Navy Yard between Prime and Wharton streets in Southwark. Ships
are docked at the yard, and a steam boat and other vessels travel nearby in the water. Also shows several ships docked along
the riverfront in the background and two men pushing a rowboat off the shore in the foreground. The naval yard, the first
U.S. Navy Yard, established by shipbuilder Joshua Humphreys and Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert in 1801, built, overhauled,
stored, and disposed of warships. It operated in Southwark until 1876 when the Navy Yard enlarged and relocated to League
Island.
|
| Is referenced by |
Wainwright 286.1 |
|
Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 127 |
| Notes |
Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier. |
|
Issued as plate 10 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers,
72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound
volume of twenty views.
|
|
Philadelphia on Stone |
|
POS 586.1. Digital image shows fourth state. |
|
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited. |
|
Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 6626.F. |
|
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: |
|
Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Views - Philadelphia from Navy Yard (3 copies) |
|
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 |
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Harbors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Naval yards & naval stations -- United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Vessels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) |
|
Southwark (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- 1830-1840. |
|
Marines (Visual works) -- 1830-1840. |
| Printer |
Wild & Chevalier, publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W286.1 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 6626.F] |
| Accession number |
W286-4 |
|
Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 6626.F |
