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Creator Deroy, Laurent, 1797-1886, lithographer.
Contributor Kollner, Augustus, 1813-1906, artist.
Cattier, F. L. printer.
Kollner, Augustus, 1813-1906, lithographer.
Cattier, F. L., printer.
Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect.
Goupil, Vibert & Co., publisher.
Title Girard-college [graphic] / Drawn from nature by Aug. Kollner; Lith. by Deroy; Printed by Cattier.
Publisher Paris & New York : published by Goupil, Vibert & Co
Publisher FRANCE. Paris. 1848
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1848
Date 1848
Physical Description 1 print : tinted, handcolored lithograph ; sheet 24 x 31 cm (9.25 x 12 in.)
Description View of Girard College at Girard Avenue facing northwest from Corinthian Avenue including Founder's Hall and the eastern and western outbuildings. Street scene in the foreground includes an omnibus drawn by a team of six horses, a man on horseback, and a carriage. Elegantly dressed men, women, children, and couples stroll, and an African American man leans against a pole smoking a pipe. The college buildings, designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter in the Greek Revival style, were constructed 1833-1847. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for "poor white orphans."
Is referenced by See Deak, 560
Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia, 161
Notes Title from item.
Copyrighted by Augustus Kollner in New York.
Plate 9 of series of fifty-four views published by Goupil, Vibert and Company from 1848 to 1851 that were drawn by Kollner and lithographed by Deroy, and later bound under the title "Views of American Cities."
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 316
Accessioned 1982.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Subject Girard College.
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Couples -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horse-drawn omnibuses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Orphans -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Girard Avenue to Ridge Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- at Corinthian Avenue.
Genre Lithographs -- tinted -- hand colored -- 1840-1850.
Associated name Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect.
Illustrator Kollner, Augustus, 1813-1906, lithographer.
Printer Cattier, F. L., printer.
Printer Goupil, Vibert & Co., publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| BW - Education [P.2283.23]
Accession number P.2283.23