Exterior view of the High Street Prison built circa 1723 at Third and High (Market) Streets. The site included a debtor's jail (High Street side) and workhouse (Third Street side) joined together by a wall that formed part of a yard enclosure. Pedestrians walk down the sidewalks and across the street. The prison operated until the early 1770s when replaced by the Walnut Street Prison., Title and date from item., Artist’s signature in the left corner., Based on a lithograph by William L. Breton, Stone Prison at Philadelphia, 1728, published in John F. Watson's Annals of Philadelphia ... (Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1830)., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
Creator
Keller, J.M, artist
Date
[1896]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.62.4]
