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- Title
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Description
- Exterior view of the University's twin buildings, Medical Hall and College Hall, located on the west side of 9th Street between Market and Chestnut Streets. Designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland and constructed 1829-1830, the buildings housed the University until its removal to West Philadelphia in the 1870s. View includes a group of students gathered in a doorway, and several pedestrians including two women carrying parasols., Issued as plate 15 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 in 1838, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 782.1. Digital image shows third state of print., Synder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
- Date
- [1838]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W419 [P.2229]
- Title
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Description
- Exterior view of the University's twin buildings, Medical Hall and College Hall, located on the west side of 9th Street between Market and Chestnut Streets. Designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland and constructed 1829-1830, the buildings housed the University until its removal to West Philadelphia in the 1870s. View includes a group of students gathered in a doorway, and several pedestrians including two women carrying parasols., Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier in 1838., Issued as plate 15 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 in 1838, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 782.1. Digital image shows third state of print., Synder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
- Date
- [1838]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W419 [P.2230]
- Title
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Description
- Exterior view of the University's twin buildings, Medical Hall and College Hall, located on the west side of 9th Street between Market and Chestnut Streets. Designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland and constructed 1829-1830, the buildings housed the University until its removal to West Philadelphia in the 1870s. View includes a group of students gathered in a doorway, and several pedestrians including two women carrying parasols., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen in 1838., Originally issued as plate 15 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., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 782.2. Digital image shows third state of print., Synder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
- Date
- [1838]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W419 [P.2231]
- Title
- University of Pennsylvania
- Description
- Exterior view of the University's twin buildings, Medical Hall and College Hall, located on the west side of 9th Street between Market and Chestnut Streets. Designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland and constructed 1829-1830, the buildings housed the University until its removal to West Philadelphia in the 1870s. View includes a group of students gathered in a doorway, and several pedestrians including two women carrying parasols., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen in 1842., Originally issued as plate 15 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., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 782.3, Synder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
- Date
- [1848]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W419 [P.2232]
- Title
- Panorama of Philadelphia from the State House steeple. West
- Description
- Panoramic view looking west toward West Philadelphia past the Schuykill River predominately showing the area between Arch Street and Gray's Ferry Avenue. Includes U.S. Naval Asylum, 2420 Gray's Ferry Avenue (1); [Blockley] Alms House, S. 34th and Pine streets (2); Peale's Museum, 100 block S. 9th Street (3); Walnut Street Theatre, 827-833 Walnut Street (4); Cook's Circus, i.e., Thomas Cooke's equestrian circus, 800 block of Chestnut Street (5); St. John's Church, i.e., St. John the Evangelist Church, 23-25 S. 13th Street (6); St. Stephen's Church, 19 S. 10th Street (7); University of Pennsylvania, Ninth Street below Market Street (8); [Beck's] Shot Tower, 21st and Cherry streets (9); Inst. for the Blind, 200 block Race Street (10); Water Works, Fairmount (11); East. Penitentiary, 2100-2199 Fairmount Avenue (13); Arcade, 615-619 Chestnut Street (14); and Chestnut St. Theatre, 603-609 Chestnut Street (15). Also shows part of Independence Square, Congress Hall, Marshall House hotel (625-631), residences on the 100 block of S. 6th Street, and the rooftops of several city blocks., Plate 3 of four panoramas originally issued as Panorama of Philadelphia. Views taken from the State House steeple (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, 1838). These panoramas also accompanied bound editions of Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. WIld & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). Views of Philadelphia was a series of twenty lithographs originally published as five numbers of four prints each. The four panoramas essentially constituted a sixth number in the series, and were published in bound editions with the twenty view under the title Panorama and Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity, published by J.B. Chevalier in 1838 and reissued by J.T. Bowen the same year., First state., Key to 15 landmarks printed below the image., Upper right corner missing, including cited landmark "Waterman's Church.", Philadelphia on Stone, POS 542.d.2, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: *P.2155 and in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson), Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
- Date
- c1838
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W267.1 [P.2155]
- Title
- Panorama of Philadelphia from the State House Steeple. West
- Description
- Panoramic view looking west toward West Philadelphia past the Schuykill River predominately showing the area between Arch Street and Gray's Ferry Avenue. Includes U.S. Naval Asylum, 2420 Gray's Ferry Avenue (1); [Blockley] Alms House, S. 34th and Pine streets (2); Peale's Museum, 100 block S. 9th Street (3); Walnut Street Theatre, 827-833 Walnut Street (4); Cook's Circus, i.e., Thomas Cooke's equestrian circus, 800 block of Chestnut Street (5); St. John's Church, i.e., St. John the Evangelist Church, 23-25 S. 13th Street (6); St. Stephen's Church, 19 S. 10th Street (7); University of Pennsylvania, Ninth Street below Market Street (8); [Beck's] Shot Tower, 21st and Cherry streets (9); Inst. for the Blind, 200 block Race Street (10); Water Works, Fairmount (11); [Thomas T.] Waterman's Church, i.e., Arch Street Presbyterian Church, 1006 Arch Street (12); East. Penitentiary, 2100-2199 Fairmount Avenue (13); Arcade, 615-619 Chestnut Street (14); and Chestnut St. Theatre, 603-609 Chestnut Street (15). Also shows part of Independence Square, Congress Hall, Marshall House hotel (625-631), residences on the 100 block of S. 6th Street, and the rooftops of several city blocks., Plate 3 of four panoramas originally issued as Panorama of Philadelphia. Views taken from the State House steeple (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, 1838). These panoramas also accompanied bound editions of Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). Views of Philadelphia was a series of twenty lithographs originally published as five numbers of four prints each. The four panoramas essentially constituted a sixth number in the series, and were published in bound editions with the twenty views under the title Panorama and Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity, published by J.B. Chevalier in 1838 and reissued by J.T. Bowen the same year., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen. LCP copies lacking copyright statement., Second state., Partial key to 8 of 15 landmarks (1-4, 8-12) printed below the image. Copy trimmed., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 542.d.2, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: *8236.F.4 and in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush), Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 862 W 6441 front, Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver.
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
- Date
- c1838
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W267.2 [8236.F.4]