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- Title
- Alms House. Philadelphia. [graphic] / Lith. of J.T. Bowen, Phila.
- Description
- Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen in 1840., Originally published as plate 8 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., Snyder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-75., Select link below for a digital image., Exterior view of the Blockley Alms House on the Schuylkill River from eastern bank including the Market Street Bridge, Beck's shot tower, and in the far distance Eastern State Penitentiary. The Almshouse, designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland, was constructed in 1833.
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist., creator
- Date
- [1848].
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W014-4.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W14 [P.9823]
- Title
- Alms House. Philadelphia
- Description
- Exterior view of the Blockley Alms House on the Schuylkill River from the eastern bank including the Market Street Bridge, Beck's shot tower, and a distant view of Eastern State Penitentiary. The Almshouse, designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland, was constructed in 1833., Issued as plate 8 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, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 14.2, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 2 B 651.
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
- Date
- c1838
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W14.2 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q.8 (Poulson)]
- Title
- Alms House. Philadelphia
- Description
- Exterior view of the Blockley Alms House on the Schuylkill River from eastern bank including the Market Street Bridge, Beck's shot tower, and in the far distance Eastern State Penitentiary. The Almshouse, designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland, was constructed in 1833., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 8 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 1848 with hand-coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 14.3, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 862 W6442., Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-75.
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
- Date
- c1838
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W14.3 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)]
- Title
- Alms House. Philadelphia
- Description
- Exterior view of the Blockley Alms House on the Schuylkill River from eastern bank including the Market Street Bridge, Beck's shot tower, and in the far distance Eastern State Penitentiary. The Almshouse, designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland, was constructed in 1833., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 8 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 14.4, Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-75.
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
- Date
- c1840, 1848
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W14.4 [P.9823]
- Title
- Philadelphia Alms House [certificate]
- Description
- Certification certificate from the "Guardians, Physicians and Surgeons of the Pennsylvania Hospital" containing an exterior view of the Blockley Almshouse and Philadelphia General Hospital in West Philadelphia. The Board of Guardians, the governing board of the Guardians of the Poor, established in 1782 and abolished in 1877, oversaw the operations of the almshouse, including admissions, accounts, and employment of the poor. The almshouse was completed in 1833 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland., Not in Wainwright., Issued to W. Penn Buck M.D. for fifteen months as resident physician in 1871. Signed John M. Whitall, President of the Board of Guardians, Alfred Stille, M.D., President of the Medical Board, Charles ?, Secretary Board of Guardians, and John S. [Penn?] Atty. account., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 571, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Philadelphia Alms House
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Certificates - Philadelphia Alms House
- Title
- [Certificate of the Guardians, Physicans and Surgeons of the] Philadelphia Alms House
- Description
- Certificate containing an exterior view of the Blockley Almshouse and Philadelphia General Hospital in West Philadelphia. Under a cloudy sky, a horse-drawn carriage passes and a few men walk in front of the building. A large yard and a tree are visible in the foreground. The Board of Guardians, the governing board of the Guardians of the Poor, established in 1782 and abolished in 1877, oversaw the operations of the almshouse, including admissions, accounts, and employment of the poor. The almshouse was completed in 1833 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland., pdcp00029, Title supplied by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 100, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Alms House, Originally Castner 9:63.
- Creator
- Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1835]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Alms House