Photo, Print, Drawing University of Pennsylvania.
About this Item
Title
- University of Pennsylvania.
Summary
- This lithograph shows the twin buildings of the University of Pennsylvania, Medical Hall and College Hall, located on the west side of 9th Street between Market and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia. The view includes a group of students gathered in a doorway, two women carrying parasols, and other pedestrians. Designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland (1788--1854) and constructed in 1829--30, the buildings housed the university until its removal to West Philadelphia in the 1870s. Strickland was one of the first architects of the Greek Revival style in the United States, as well as a civil engineer and artist. The University of Pennsylvania was founded in 1740 and in 1765 established the first medical school in the American colonies. The illustration is by John Caspar Wild (circa 1804--46), a Swiss-born artist and lithographer, who arrived in Philadelphia from Paris in 1832. He produced paintings and prints of Philadelphia and other American cities, including Cincinnati, Saint Louis, and Davenport, Iowa. His works are important historical records of these cities before the era of large-scale industrialization and rapid urban growth.
Names
- Bowen, John T., circa 1801-1856? Printer.
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), circa 1804-1846 Artist.
Created / Published
- Philadelphia : J.T. Bowen, 1842.
Headings
- - United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- - 1829 to 1830
- - Lithographs
- - Street scenes
- - Universities and colleges
- - University of Pennsylvania
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "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, who later reissued them with hand coloring. He copyrighted this view in 1842.|Digital catalog number: POS 782.3"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored ; 17 x 18 centimeters.
- - Original resource at: The Library Company of Philadelphia.
- - Content in English.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- Philadelphia on Stone
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021670357
Online Format
- compressed data
- image