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- Title
- Bowlby & Weaver's hardware store No.77 Market Street Philadelphia. [graphic].
- Description
- Published in James Mease and Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia from 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of its origin, increase and improvements in arts, sciences, manufactures, commerce and revenue. (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831) vol. II, opposite page 113 and in Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of the improvements of the city, during that period (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831) vol. II, opposite page 113., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1831 Mea 68582.D and in Am 1831 Mea Log 4072.D and in Am1831 Por 20876.D., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Creator
- Breton, William L., creator
- Date
- [1831]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W032.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W32 [see above for holdings]
- Title
- Wetherill & Brothers' white lead manufactory & chemical works. Corner of 12th & Cherry Streets Philadelphia. [graphic] / [W. L. Breton].
- Description
- Published in James Mease and Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia from 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of its origin, increase and improvements in arts, sciences, manufactures, commerce and revenue. (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831) vol. II, opposite page 122 and in Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia 1811 to 8131: Giving an account of the improvements of the city, during that period (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831) vol. II, opposite page 122., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.9830.4 and in Am 1831 Mea 68582.D and in Am 1831 Mea Log 4072.D and Am1831 Por 20876., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Creator
- Breton, William L., creator
- Date
- [1831]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W451.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W451 [P.9830.4]
- Title
- The old court house & Friend's Meeting
- Description
- Book illustration showing the courthouse (built 1707 by carpenter Samuel Powell) and meeting house known as Market Street Meeting House (erected 1695, rebuilt 1775-1776) on North Second Street above Market Street. Also shows pedestrian traffic. Courthouse was utilized as the town hall, seat of the Legislature, market house, and the Pennsylvania statehouse until Independence Hall was opened in 1748. Building demolished in 1837., Plate opposite page 166 in John F. Watson's Historic tales of olden time : concerning the early settlement and progress of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania ; for the use of families and schools ; illustrated with plates (Philadelphia : E. Littell : Thomas Holden, 1833)., William L. Breton and Kennedy & Lucas created many of the lithographic plates for Watson's Annals of Philadelphia, so it is probable that they also created the plates in Historic tales of olden time., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 521/522
- Creator
- Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
- Date
- [1833]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Am 1833 Wat [Log 2794.D.opp166]
- Title
- The early settlement & progress of Philadelphia & Pennsylvania Philadelphia T. Holden Chesnut St. 1833
- Description
- Small vignette on the added title page depicting the site of the Treaty Tree, the legendary location of William Penn's treaty with the Delaware Indians in 1682. Shows boats and figures near the river. The Treaty Tree or Great Elm Tree blew down in 1810., Added title page in John F. Watson's Historic tales of olden time : concerning the early settlement and progress of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania ; for the use of families and schools ; illustrated with plates (Philadelphia : E. Littell : Thomas Holden, 1833)., William L. Breton and Kennedy & Lucas created many of the lithographic plates for Watson's Annals of Philadelphia, so it is probable that they also created the plates in Historic tales of olden time., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 197
- Creator
- Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
- Date
- [1833]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Am 1833 Wat [Log 2794.D.title page]
- Title
- Treaty Tree
- Description
- Book illustration after the Benjamin West painting (1771) showing the treaty made at the village of Shackamaxon (i.e. Penn Treaty Park, Kensington) on the Delaware River. Penn, surrounded by his delegates, negotiates with the Delaware Indian chief near a giant elm tree. Crates of goods rest on the ground near the English delegation. Native Americans, including a translator, participate in and watch the negotiations. Also shows brick residences in the background., Plate opposite page 73 in John F. Watson's Historic tales of olden time : concerning the early settlement and progress of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania ; for the use of families and schools ; illustrated with plates (Philadelphia : E. Littell : Thomas Holden, 1833)., William L. Breton and Kennedy & Lucas created many of the lithographic plates for Watson's Annals of Philadelphia, so it is probable that they also created the plates in Historic tales of olden time., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 759
- Creator
- Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
- Date
- [1833]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Am 1833 Wat [Log 2794.D.opp73]
- Title
- Landing of Penn. Dock Creek
- Description
- Book illustration showing the landing of William Penn at Philadelphia in 1682. Depicts a crowd of several people, including early Pennsylvania colonists, waiting on the banks of the river as Penn and his entourage prepare to disembark from a small boat. Also shows the a tavern and the Delaware River in the background. Penn arrived in Philadelphia at a basin off of Dock Creek via a barge upriver from Chester, Pa. where he had moored his ship "Welcome.", Plate opposite page 69 in John F. Watson's Historic tales of olden time : concerning the early settlement and progress of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania ; for the use of families and schools ; illustrated with plates (Philadelphia : E. Littell : Thomas Holden, 1833)., William L. Breton and Kennedy & Lucas created many of the lithographic plates for Watson's Annals of Philadelphia, so it is probable that they also created the plates in Historic tales of olden time., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 428
- Creator
- Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
- Date
- [1833]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Am 1833 Wat [Log 2794.D.opp69]
- Title
- Letitia House
- Description
- Book illustration showing the building known incorrectly as the Letitia Penn House on Letitia Street between Market and Chestnut streets. A man and a woman walk toward the house, which stands alone except for a large tree in the foreground. The misidentified residence, purportedly built in 1682 by William Penn and given to his daughter in 1701, was relocated to Fairmount Park in 1883., Plate opposite page 88 in John F. Watson's Historic tales of olden time : concerning the early settlement and progress of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania ; for the use of families and schools ; illustrated with plates (Philadelphia : E. Littell : Thomas Holden, 1833)., William L. Breton and Kennedy & Lucas created many of the lithographic plates for Watson's Annals of Philadelphia, so it is probable that they also created the plates in Historic tales of olden time., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 435
- Creator
- Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
- Date
- [1833]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Am 1833 Wat [Log 2794.D.opp88]
- Title
- Residence of Wm. Penn 1700
- Description
- Book illustration showing the H-shaped building built circa 1687-circa 1699 on the 100 block of South Second Street. The dwelling served as the residence for Penn 1699-1701. A couple approaches the entrance. Evergreens are seen behind the house and a partial view of an adjacent building is visible., Plate opposite page 93 in John F. Watson's Historic tales of olden time : concerning the early settlement and progress of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania ; for the use of families and schools ; illustrated with plates (Philadelphia : E. Littell : Thomas Holden, 1833)., William L. Breton and Kennedy & Lucas created many of the lithographic plates for Watson's Annals of Philadelphia, so it is probable that they also created the plates in Historic tales of olden time., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 645
- Creator
- Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
- Date
- [1833]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Am 1833 Wat [Log 2794.D.opp93]
- Title
- The state house 1778
- Description
- Book illustration looking southeast at Independence Hall built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley., Plate opposite page 172 in John F. Watson's Historic tales of olden time : concerning the early settlement and progress of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania ; for the use of families and schools ; illustrated with plates (Philadelphia : E. Littell : Thomas Holden, 1833)., William L. Breton and Kennedy & Lucas created many of the lithographic plates for Watson's Annals of Philadelphia, so it is probable that they also created the plates in Historic tales of olden time., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 719
- Creator
- Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
- Date
- [1833]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Am 1833 Wat [Log 2794.D.opp172]
- Title
- The battle at Bunker's Hill near Boston June 17, 1775
- Description
- Book illustration after John Trumbull's historical painting based on his eyewitness account of the battle while serving as a commissioned officer during the American Revolution. Dramatically depicts the scene of American Major General Joseph Warren's death proceeding the Americans' retreat from the hill. Amidst a melee of activity, Warren lies dying in the arms of an American militiaman who fends off a bayonnet pointed down over his body by an English soldier. British Major John Small restrains the bayonnet of his soldier as Americans Captain Thomas Gardner, holding a musket, Major Andrew McClary, and Colonel William Prescott stand guard over their fallen compatriot. Behind Small, British Major John Pitcairn, mortally wounded, is held up by Lieutenant William Pitcairn and to the far right American Lieutenant Thomas Grovesnor stands en garde shielding Peter Salem, an armed African American soldier who discharged the fatal shot at Pitcairn. British Generals William Howe, Henry Clinton, and Lieutentant Francis Lord Rawdon, flag in hand, continue the charge in the background. Other American soldiers involved in the battle include: Colonel Israel Putnam who gallantly leads the retreat; Rev. Samuel McClintock; Major Willard Moore, as well as several other free African American soldiers. American Lieutenant Colonel Moses Parker and British Lieutentant Colonel Sir Robert Abercromby lay dying., Published in John Howard Hinton's The history and topography of the United States of North America,... [LCP *Am 1834 Hinto, 11860.Q.1] and later editions., Printed below title: Vol. I. page . 226., Original painting at Yale School of Fine Art, New Haven, Connecticut., Described in Theodore Sizer's The works of Colonel John Trumbull (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1967), p. 95., Described in The Library of Congress' An album of American battle art, 1755-1918. (Washington, D.C.: The U.S. Printing Office, 1947), p. 27-30., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Access points revised 2021., Description revised 2021., Gift of Dolly Maass, 2002.
- Creator
- Archer & Boilly, engraver
- Date
- [1834]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - American Revolution [P.2002.14]
- Title
- Manayunk
- Description
- Book illustration of a landscape view showing the village of Manayunk along the east bank of the Schuylkill River, northwest of Philadelphia. Townscape is visible in the right of the image, including Joseph Ripka’s cotton mills erected 1831 and 1835 near the depicted Flat Rock Turnpike Bridge. Manayunk was incorporated into the city of Philadelphia in 1854., Published in Daniel Bowen's A History of Philadelphia with a notice of villages in the vicinity (Philadelphia: Printed and published by Daniel Bowen, 1839), opposite page 134., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 455.4. Digital image shows third state of print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1839 Bow 9837.O and 76434.O., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
- Date
- [1839]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W226.4 [Am 1839 Bow 9837.O and 76434.O]
- Title
- London Coffee House
- Description
- Exterior view of the coffee house and merchants' exchange at the southwest corner of Front and Market streets in Philadelphia during the colonial era. An auction of enslaved African American people occurs outside the coffee house and pedestrians traverse the sidewalks and street, including an African American woman carrying a basket on her head. Views of the adjacent printing house and book store of "Pennsylvania Journal" publisher, William Bradford, are visible. Erected in 1702 and established as a coffee house in 1754 by Bradford, the site was a public center for social and economic activities during the later 18th century, including auctions of enslaved people. Razed in 1883., Title from item., Plate published in John F. Watson's Annals of Philadelphia...(Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1830), opp. p. 339., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 442, Gift of James Rush., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
- Creator
- Breton, William L., lithographer
- Date
- [1830]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Hotels, Inns, Taverns [9245.Q.20], http://www.lcpimages.org/afro-americana/F-London.htm
- Title
- [Destruction of the hall]
- Description
- Depicts a street scene with the abolitionist meeting place, Pennsylvania Hall, engulfed in flames at Sixth and Haines Streets in Philadelphia. Crowds, including a group of drunken men and other revelers, look on as several fire companies using handpumps hose the adjoining spared building. The hall, erected in 1838 as an arena for "free discussion," was set on fire by a mob of hostile citizens who had witnessed 3 days of interracial dedication ceremonies and services. For disputed reasons, the fire companies did not attempt to extinguish the burning hall. The building was razed and never rebuilt., Title from: [Samuel Webb's], "History of Pennsylvania Hall," p. 136., Manuscript note on verso: Destroyed by a mob by fire on the night of 17th May 1838., Originally published in: Samuel Webb's History of Pennsylvania Hall. (Philadelphia: Printed by Merrihew and Gun, 1838). (Am 1838 Hist Pa Hall). Last page contains advertisement for a limited supply of larger frameable versions of the print to be sold at the Anti-Slavery Office, No. 29 N. 9th Street, in Philadelphia., LCP exhibition catalogue: Negro History #101., Accessioned 1979., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.LCP exhibit catalogue: Negro History #101., Sartain, a member of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society and a premier 19th century Philadelphia engraver, often instilled his work with his reformist beliefs.
- Creator
- Sartain, John, 1808-1897, engraver
- Date
- [1838]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department PhPr - 8x10 - Events - Fires [P.2283.2]
- Title
- Chesnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia
- Description
- Exterior view of the third building of the popular theater, known as "Old Drury," at Chestnut Street above Sixth. White men and women pedestrians, a white newspaper boy, and laborers stroll the sidewalk. An African American huckster sells his wares to a customer in the street. The building, designed by William Strickland, was erected in 1822 after fire claimed the second building at Sixth and Chestnut Streets. It was demolished in 1855., Title from item., Published in John Howard Hinton's The history and topography of the United States (London: I.T. Hinton, & Simpkin & Marshall, 1830-1832), vol. 2, aft. p. 502. (LCP Am 1830 Hinto (2231.Q))., Printed in upper right corner: 47., Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook of Philadelphia illustrations., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Fenner, Sears & Co., engraver
- Date
- [May 15, 1831]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department PhPr - 8x10 - theaters [(1)1525.F.47a]
- Title
- No. 150 Chesnut [sic] Street Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement showing the three-story, three bay building with swan neck pediments flanking the sign "Loud & Brothers Piano Forte Manufacturers" at 150 Chestnut Street (ie. north side of the 600 block of Chestnut Street) across from the Philadelphia Arcade. Pianos are on display in their wide, decorative shop window and laurel wreaths adorn the transom windows above the two doorways to the shop. The piano manufactory, the largest of its kind in the country at the time, was purportedly behind the store. Thomas Loud Evenden and his brothers formed the Loud & Brothers piano business in the early 1820s and were the most extensive manufacturer until the Chestnut Street shop closed in the late 1830s., Artist and publisher assigned by Wainwright., Published in James Mease and Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia from 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of its origin, increase and improvements in arts, sciences, manufactures, commerce and revenue. (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 60 and in Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of the improvements of the city, during that period (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 60., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 509, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1831 Mease 68582.D; Am 1831 Mease Log 4072.D; Am 1831 Mease 20876.D; and in Am 1831 Mease 104520.D., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Society Print Collection - Small - Stores & factories - Pianos - Box 56, Folder 12, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut Street - 6th-7th
- Creator
- Breton, William L., artist
- Date
- [1831]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W251 [Am 1831 Mease 68582.D.60a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W251 [Am 1831 Mease Log 4072.D.60a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W251 [Am 1831 Mease 20876.D.60a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W251 [Am 1831 Mease 104520.D.60a]
- Title
- Philadelphia Citizen's Line of steam boats to New York & Baltimore
- Description
- Book illustration advertisement showing the busy "Philadelphia Citizens" steamboat wharf at Arch Street and the Delaware River. Also shows the "Citizen's Line" office building (right foreground) adjacent to Jacob Ridgway's Ferry House and Hotel. Swarms of people line the wharf and several walk on the sidewalks. Horse-drawn drays and a carriage line the street in front of the office and hotel. Partial views of surrounding buildings are also visible. Vessels for New York, Baltimore, and Wilmington left the wharf daily., Name of printer supplied by Wainwright., Published in James Mease and Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia from 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of its origin, increase and improvements in arts, sciences, manufactures, commerce and revenue. (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 17 and in Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of the improvement of the city, during that period (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 21., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 577, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.9830.2 a&b and in Am 1831 Mease 68582.D and in Am 1831 Mease Log 4072.D and in Am 1831 Mease 20876., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Loose prints gift of Jay Snider.
- Creator
- Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
- Date
- [1831]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W283 [P.9830.2 a&b]
- Title
- Moss, upholsterer, No. 127 Walnut Street, Philadelphia Venetian blinds. Bedding
- Description
- Advertisement showing the ground level storefront of the upholstery and venetian blind business of James P. Moss. Pillasters flanking the two shop windows and the front entrance are surmounted by an entablature adorned with rosettes and other floral designs. Also visible are blinds and other upholstery in the windows, and an interior stairway leading to a door in the shop interior., Artist and publisher most likely W.L. Breton, del. and Kennedy & Lucas's Lithography. Assigned by cataloger., Published in James Mease and Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia from 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of its origin, increase and improvements in arts, sciences, manufactures, commerce and revenue. (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831), vol II, oppostie page 108 and in Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of the improvements of the city, during that period (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 108., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 488, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1831 Mease 68582.D; Am 1831 Mease Log 4072.D; Am 1831 Mease 20876.D; and Am 1831 Mease 104520.D., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Society Print Collection - Small - Stores & factories - Dry goods (M-R) - Box 55, Folder 7
- Creator
- Breton, William L., artist
- Date
- [1831]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W238 [Am 1831 Mease 68582.D.108a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W238 [Am 1831 Mease Log 4072.D.108a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W238 [Am 1831 Mease 20876.D.108a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W238 [Am 1831 Mease 104520.D.108a]
- Title
- Bowlby & Weaver's hardware store No.77 Market Street Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement showing the four-story, three-bay storefront tenanted by the hardware store of Richard Bowlby and William Weaver (77, i.e., south side of the 200 block of Market Street). Bowlby & Weaver relocated to this site in 1831 from 101 High Street, where they had operated since 1820. The business was managed under the name Bowlby & Weaver until 1835 when it was renamed to William Weaver & Co. In the image, the names of the partners are painted on a saw that hangs above the front door. Visible through the open doorway are two men, who stand face to face, one on each side of a table displaying the store's wares., Published in James Mease and Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia from 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of its origin, increase and improvements in arts, sciences, manufactures, commerce and revenue. (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831) vol. II, opposite page 113 and in Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of the improvements of the city, during that period (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831) vol. II, opposite page 113., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 61, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1831 Mease 68582.D and in Am 1831 Mease Log 4072.D and in Am 1831 Mease 20876.D., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Stores & Shops
- Creator
- Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
- Date
- [1831]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare W32 [Am 1831 Mease 68582.D], Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare W32 [Am 1831 Mease Log 4072.D], Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare W32 [Am 1831 Mease 20876.D]
- Title
- [Ruins of the Hall]
- Description
- Depicts the burnt ruin of the abolitionist meeting place at Sixth and Haines Streets in Philadelphia. Several white men and women pedestrians walk on the sidewalk. 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., Title from P. Lee Phillip's, "A Descriptive list of maps and views of Philadelphia in the Library of Congress, 1683-1865" (Philadelphia: Geographical Society of Philadelphia, 1926), p. 49., Originally published in: [Samuel Webb's], History of Pennsylvania Hall. (Philadelphia: Printed by Merrihew and Gun, 1838). 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, in Philadelphia., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of engravings related to Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Gilbert, Reuben S., engraver
- Date
- [1838]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Ph Pr-8x10-Associations-Pennsylvania Hall [(6)1322.F.98c]