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Pennsylvania Hall. [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A65015
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Creator
Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), approximately 1804-1846, artist.
Contributor
Wild & Chevalier, printer.
Stewart, Thomas S. 1806-1889, architect.
Title
Pennsylvania Hall. [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1838
Date
1838
Physical Description
1 print : hand-colored lithograph ; sheet 15 x 21 cm (6 x 8.25 in.)
Description
Exterior view of the abolitionist meeting place and adjacent buildings at Sixth and Haines Streets in Philadelphia. Several white men and women pedestrians stroll the sidewalks. A carriage and horse-drawn cart pass by on the street. The hall was erected in 1838 as an arena for "free discussion." On May 17, 1838, after 3 days of interracial dedication ceremonies and services, hostile mobs set the hall on fire. The ruin continued to stand until the Odd Fellows Society built a hall on the lot in 1846.
Is referenced by
Wainwright, 274
Phillips, 271
Notes
Title from item.
Attributed to John Caspar Wild.
Probably printed by Wild & Chevalier.
Probably after the wash drawing by architect Thomas S. Stewart.
Published in: [Samuel Webb's] History of Pennsylvania Hall. (Philadelphia: Printed by Merrihew and Gun, 1838). (LCP Am 1838 Hist Pa Hall). Last page contains advertisement for a limited supply of larger frameable versions of the plate to be sold at the Anti-Slavery Office, No. 29 N. 9th Street, Philadelphia.
Philadelphia on Stone
Accessioned 1982.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Subject
Pennsylvania Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Antislavery movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Sixth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 100 block.
Genre
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1830-1840.
Associated name
Stewart, Thomas S. (Thomas Somerville), 1806-1889, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W274 [P.2159]
Accession number
P.2159
In Collections
Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Philadelphia on Stone: Library Company of Philadelphia
African American History Prints and Watercolors and Drawings
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