Details
Creator Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist.
Contributor Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, printer.
Title Christ Church Philadelphia. [graphic] / Painted by J. C. Wild.
Publisher [Philadelphia]: J. T. Bowen
Date c1838
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 34 x 25 cm. (13.25 x 9.75 in.)
Description Exterior view of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North 2nd Street. Also shows pedestrian traffic.
Is referenced by Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 134
Wainwright 64.2
Notes Originally published as plate 17 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.
Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 120.2
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb862 W644 Pl.17.
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 Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Second Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 22-34.
Genre Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Printer Bowen, John T., ca. 180 1-1856?, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W64.2 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)]
Accession number Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)